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2 HEAHST SAYS Dll CHECK H FOR; PENROSE'S USE Demands to Know Why Senate Allowed Archbold to Escape Telling the Truth. Continued From Page Ono. rot h <if favor, mi: » iori ■ of fa« t. Letters Will Not Please Roosevelt. I am not engaged in defending Mr - Roo-evelt personally. and 1 shall i.tter print letters which w ill not particularly | 7a>. Mi. Roosev- t. but I am engaged J 1n giving the Xmetuan people the ex- - net fact? in regard to the political cor- i ruption with which they are oppressed. I If Senator Penrose stated that the ' t <«0<« sent nim by Mr Archbold was for M Rooseveil and not for himself, he stated what was not true. 1 have waited several days fo* Senator F’en roae to tell tin truth, but he is appar ent;.' unwilling to do so. and I am going to tell the truth for him, as I prom ised to do. The $25,000 sent Senator Penrose in s secret certificate of deposit of Mr. Archbold wa» for Senator Penros»'s own use In his personal Pennsylvania campaign. Penrose Acknowledged Archbold Check Senator Penroe- a-knot --dged re ceipt of the $25.01'0 cer-'deate of de posit and referred spe Ificaiiy to Mr. Archbold's letter of <*»« tobet 13. In which the certificate was inclosed Fur thermore. Senator Ptfiiroae signed the s< now lodgment it* chairman of the Pennsylvania state committee, and wrote In doing so upon the official sta tionery of 'he Pennsylvania state com mittee. Othe Standard oil contributions were solicited and employed by other committees In the campaign of 1904, but this particular certificate of de posit was secured by Senator Penrose 1 for his own use in his own state, and f have the documents to prove this If Senator Penrose should tell any , further falsehoods I shall be glad to lUprove them, but "sufficient unto the' •fa v is the vil t hereof." (Signed* IX R. HF. ARBI. Roosevelt Still Swatting Oil Trust ST ALBANS. Vl’ Aug A sharp slt.'ok on Senator f’pnrose mid John Vvhbold for (heir chnigt s against him In elation to the I9“i rampalgn con tribution of the Standard < >ll. wa*» made hen toda\ by < ’alone) Roosevelt on hit* second day of Vermont mump ing The colonel, speaking to a throng of 5.000 in the public square, warned Vermont voters that Standard Oil is trying to get either Taft or Wilson, <onside’ing them safer” than Roose velt. The oil trust would own the white house if it (ould." said Colonel Roose velt. "It alreadx owns Senator Pen rose and other statesmen of his type It owns Democrats as well as Republi cans. It wants to own all the people, and will come pretty near making it uncomfortable for everybody if a stop Isn’t put to its crooked manipulation.** In reph to tremendous cheering of | his statement, they are afraid of me because they know 1 can’t be bought,” the colonel grinned amiably, and ex claimed. "If I get in the white house vou will And a different order of t htngs TWO SAVANNAH WOMEN NOW NOTARIES PUBLIC SAVANNAH. GA Aug :’.*' Tn Mrs. Margaret Murphy clerk in the offici of fudge Henry McAlpin ordinary of Chatham county, goes the distinction of being the first woman notary public in Chatham county, and the second in the •t at< ■; on ha a been signed by Judge Walter G. Charl ton in the superior court, who a few minutes thereafter signed that of Mrs. Helei i" Drummond, who therefore be comes the second in the county and the third in the stat* Mrs Drumomn i filed her application two weeks ago. Rut Mrs Murphy beat her to it when, after filling out her application, she had It it otivi present ed to Judge Charlton who signed it Mis Drummond is a publi< stenog- McDONALD. ACCUSED SLAYER. OUT ON BOND I tank M- Honalo, undei indictment so lliiig Huis : i. St-\ . i i son of O!-< Stev-ti- -o. :a I we-k- ago was r-b ased from b- Towel today on $5.- , o'“* bom: furnished by * 'lm. les Thomp * n and M-yetal of M Don.do t- ~Hi\. - M- Donah" who was .1 lesiauiani «ei- kid- young Sievens. it 1- chaiged after a quarrel. lb- was held without bond by Justice Ridlex. In dicted on a . hinge of nnirdei. and sent to the Tower l.atei Judg> Hell of the superior -on 1. fixed his bme at $5,000 1 The Atlanta Georgian—Premium Coupon Thl» coupon will pr accepted at our Premium Parlor, TO East Alabama at.. I a« part'ai payment tor any of the beaut ful premi m goods d splayed there. Sff Premiun Parlor Announcement nn Another Page Royalty Sends Sympathy to American Woman Who Is 111 | KAISER MRS. GOELET'S FRIEND s'"' ~~~~~~ * ~X I WK* - Xv yIUKM WKa fit T slfiiFi st W 4J; $Ww * - ! as Al r S 1* w WfilHBL •’* 1 hoB hsk Iff- • 3 fl 1 K% - wwt ■ E • JB/n® w « KO-.? x 11 ?1 >t St Mk> ■ \ i; jKSI: - ■Lz. -* MSI I ■■ - gF t-. r. H 91 I lot •fy < ~C)-y ° s I ’hot ot .Mrs. Kobt'rl (ioelei, ol .New Ynrk. iintl the tleiinati einperoi". taken aboard the Imperial yacht llohenzollern. where Mis. (ioelet was entertained by the Kaiser. Mrs (toe let is now dying of cancer. The Kaiser is recotering from a serious throat affection. NIHILISTS BLAMED FOR 30 STAB WOUNDS IN DEAD MAN’S BODY PORTLAND. .ME.. Aug. 30. Russiat nihilists are believed to have murdered Goodman Gikner. the Haverhill, Mass, man who was found dead in the freight yards here Tuesday with his body pierced with 30 stab wounds The po lice declared today that they had st - cured a clew which led to the theory that Gikner was suspected of being in the employ of the Russian sec ret serv ice. Gikner eatne to America from Russia five years ago. aftei his brother had been killed by nihilists in St. Peters burg. Gikner often compl lined to his intimati friends, the police say that he was being followed The murdered man formerly was a mernbei of a revolutionary society in Russia. In some manner he aroused the suspic ions of his fellow-. His broth er who was also a membhr. was found stabbed to death In his bed one morn ing. with a note of warning scrawled in blood pinned to tlw bed clothing Although Gikm r oft< n spokt to his intimate friends of his fears of assassi nation, he would novel Seek poll., pro tectton He de. la ed that tills would precipitate his death A peculiar f.atur. of the n.igedy was the similarity of the death of Gikm r to that of his brother. In his pocket a note, written eith.-l in i .1 ink oi blood, was found, reading ItltlelS bewail Thu- do Wee uoe 10 t hose yho bet tay us KAISER NAMES WHEELER FOR NOBEL PEACE PRIZE BERLIN tin: 30. X i.-pori is pub halted tn r< today that Emperoi Wil liam has proposed tin mime of Benja min Ide Wheeler, pi.shlent of the I'm yuslty of California, t'oi the Nobel peace pi 1:0. THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN \ND NEWS. FRIDAY. AUGUST 30. 1912. William Still 111. But .Germans Refuse to Believe Him Out of Danger. I'■ El;! .1 \ \i,.; 30 whit.- the kaiser Is slowly recovering from the illness which alarmed all Germany, the news comes from the impel ial palace of the friendship and sympathy of the royal family tor Mr- Robert Goolet, who is said to be dying in Palis. It is remem bered that one of William's last acts before falling ill was Ids presentation of the tirst class Older of Merit tt> the captain of. Mis. Goelet's yacht the X.i hotnn. on which he was an honored and intimate guest during the great regat ti at Kiel Expressions of sympathy fol Mrs. Goolet hay- been made by .sev eral membeis of the kaiser s family . Th. Berlinese refuse to believe that the emperor Is out of dangei It is stated, for instance, that lie was allowed to leave his bed for the purpose ot it tending to i i gent stat, affairs It is also announced that Ho- k user s tender throat has so much bettered that he is able to -wallow food and to talk from wii’eii it would appeal that th-- conditions must hn\. *.- * 11 even w <*r.-- than were at tirst acknowledged The rheumatic jiains in the neck are also reported to have abuted and the fever has .hopped, but e\. n with the-e Improvements the emperoi will not b permiite<| to leav. Cassel fora few days at least. So that, all ui all, th. Geitimnl. f. ... which are always lively whenever any il-.inr. i the matt, i with the Hoiieuz.nl lern throat, and which ilways 'evert to the total ur.ila.lv of his f.ithii have som. ground tot existence 4 KILLED. 7 HURT AS TRAIN HITS WRECKER CONWAY PA Aug Eour sons were killed here today and seven seriously injured when a passengei jtiain on the Pennsylvania tn Broad i ' rushed inb- a wrecking train in th. i Conway yards I he wreck train was < .-a'ang up the I debris of a fre.ght wreck in the yards that had <>. . urred earlier in the day The victims weie labor.-is employed ..y tn. Pennsylvania tailtoad. VALDOSTA MAN HELD IN LOUISVILLE, KY.. ON CHARGE OF FORGERY l.i •!' IS Vll.l. E. KY.. Aug. 30. Upon information telegraphed here from Val dosta, Ga . C. T. Sweet, aged 38. who > presents himself to be a writer of magazine articles, was arrested on the i charge of forgery. Sweet is alleged to have forged his brother's name to a note tor $43,s Al the jail Sweet said: "My mother wanted to build a store .it Valdosta some months ago. She i borrowed s4lh> from a bank al that ■ place and my brother and I signed the papers Tile store v.is put up. A few weeks ago the note of six months, upon which we borrowed the money, matured and we determined to renew the note, borrowing s4.">s moie My brother was out of town at the time and I. thinking there would be no trouble, signed his name. I'll certainly agree to accom pany the officers to Valdosta without I requisition paper- if they want me to Sweet said he is, a backwoodsman. . but lias been suiiessful in the sale of his stories to magazines. SMOKES HIS FIRST CIGAR AT 107 AND ENJOYS IT l Wil I G 111.. M-g 30 William Jll'-nry I l.irbi a ugh today celebrated his aj am versary He is still | luile and lieaity 11.- came lo Illinois | and to Danville o 18SU and . . udueted ' ■ tl e ni si blacksmith shop | n ii le town, i At tin age of ... tie retire,! from active work. I.ut when tie rounded out u een- I iui> he w.-nt to the blacksmith shop of Ills sun Today In smoked his first cigar I and appeared to like -' ASKS SIGNAL TROOPS \\ VSHINGToN. Aug. 3(i. Gen.ua' ' Stevv.a, in e ha: g- of the ) uro| along tile Mexican bordei. today asked th. war department to detail a company of i signal troops for servic. in that io. al ity. A company will be sent to the bordei. “Initials Only,” by Anna Katharine Green, author of “The Leavenworth Case." "The Fili gree Ball," one of the most en thralling mystery stories ever written, will begin in The Geor gian next Tuesday. Be sure to read it MASON WINNER IN; ELGIN BABY DACE Harry Endicott, Driver, Wins Jencks Trophy, With Ford Car Second. g L HI.GI.X ILL.. Aug. 30.—Harry Endi cott. driving a Mason car, won the Jencks trophy race for light cars to day. He did the 96 miles in 1:40:42.9. F". W. Moore, driving a Ford, was the only other driver in ihe race, the Hei reshoflf ‘2O" having withdrawn at the end of the second lap. Highie Hughes won the Aurora tro phy race. Driving a big Mercer, he ne gotiated the 152.5 miles in 2 hours 20 minutes 40.11 seconds. ■ harlie Merz, in a Siutz car. \von ih lllin ds trophy race. Hi- rime was 3 hours 4 minutes ano •32 seconds. Gil Anderson, in a Sjuzt as the only other driver left in the race when Merz finished. With the baby cars in the Jencks trophy rave leading, thirteen racing au tomobiles started in three simulta neous races over the Elgin toad eourse at 11 o’clock. Following the first of the Jencks cars at 15-seebnd intervals, the racers got under way. The three entrants In the Jencks races wer. followed by the six entrants in the Aurori trophy rate, and strung out be hind them were the four cars in the Il linois trophy race. I lie w Ind was favorable to the auto ists. it was blowing at about IS miles, and was at the back of the drivers on the home stretch. There were not more than 20.000 spectators on hand when the cars got under way. Herreshoff “20” First Out. The Herreshoff "20" in the Jencks I i ace was the first car out of the race. I U broke a wheel at McLeans turn in | the second lap. and was forced to with draw W G. Wordingham was at the wheel when Ihe accident occurred. This left only two contestants in the baby race. Hughie Hughes, in a Mercer . ng in the Aurora race, wa- warmly greeted as he passed the stands on his first time out. For the most part, the crowd showed little enthusiasm as the cars got under way. Gil Anderson, in a Stutz, who led in lhe Illinois trophy race, held his posi tion for the first lap. negotiating the I distance at an average of 63.4 miles per hour The average time for the big ears for the first lap was about 60 miles per hour. Rayfield Quits, Too. Al 11:30 O’clock, three laps to the bad the Rayfield car. driven by W. Hobbs, in th< Illinois trophy, limped to the pit. It was out of the running. The car behaved badly from the start. En gine trouble and a broken radiator caused its withdrawal. The standing in the Illinois trophy at the end of the first 59 miles was: I—Merz, in Stutz. 52:51 J Whalen, in National. 53:45. •1- Anderson, in Stutz. 54:12 In the Aurora trophy, at the end of 59 miles: 1— Hughes, in Mercer. 54:22.. 2 Pull.-n. in Mercer. 56:06. Neil Whalen, driving a National In the Illinois trophy race, dropped out in the tenth lap on account of engine trou ble. This left two Stutz ears in the race, with Merz leading. Scorer Killed in Famous Car ELGIN, ILL.. Aug. 30.—J. R. Ballinger was die first victim of the automobile rat es here today. He was killed in a motor accident while on the way from Chicago in ids auto. He was driving the big Lozier in which Ralph Mulford won Hie Vanderbilt cup. Ballinger was eni .oyed by the Stromberg Motor Devices company. Ballinger's brother Leon, who was with him when Hie accident occurred, was so severely injured that it is believed he can not recover. Both men were expert drivers. Tlie car was running at a rate of 50 miles an hour Something went wrong with the steering gear and the car swerved into a ditch. Ballinger was to have been official j scorer of die races here today . HALF A MILLION CAPITAL I r J' , l IE capital of HILLYER TRUST CO. has been increased from $250,000.00, to $500,- 000, fully paid in. It has been deemed expedient, in view of the enlarged scope of the Company, to change the corporate name to ATLANTA TRUST CO., the officers and general policy remaining exactly the same. The practical effect of the change is to emphasize this Company’s charac ter as a public institution, and as such it respect fully solicits your patronage. ATLANTA TRUST COMPANY HENRY HILLYER. President CAPITAL $500,000.00 WIFE KILLS HUSBAND WHO HAD COME HOME TO SLAY HIS FAMILY HARRODSBURG, KY.. Aug. 30 William A. Russell, proprietor of a . -- taurant heie. was shot and killed by; his wife last night. I Russell had been away from home i so. a week. As he sought to enter iiis home Mrs. Rutsell met him at the doo: and asked him it he had come home io treat his family right. He answe. d ihat he had come to kill her and the | children. At that Mrs. Russell opened | fire with a revolver she had been hold- I ing behfrid her. One bullet passed tnrough Russell's heart. Mrs. Russell surrendered. ALLEGES RAILROAD OVERCHARGED H I M FOR TICKETS; SUES Walter Moore has brought suit against the Atlanta and West Point railroad for $5,000.75, alleging over charge for tickets. He claims that on five different oc casions he was overcharged fifteen ■ cents on his ticket from Atlanta to ' Carrollton, and asks SI,OOO and the cost I of the excess charge in each case, mak ing his total damage? asked for $5,000.75. VETERAN OF TWO WARS. 92 YEARS OF AGE. DIES COLUMBUS. GA.. Aug 30.—J. M. Holiday, of Girard, Ala., died at the home of his grandson y esterday after- I noon at Ihe age of 92 years, his death being due to old age. He was one of the best known characters of this en tire section, having spent the -greate; part of his long lifF in Girard. He was a veteran of both the Mexican and Civil wars, and made an honorable record in both. He is survived by six children all of whom live in this section, with the exception of one son. who is a prominent cotton mill man of Danville. Va. Ills funeral was held today. CONVICT LEASE LABOR ATTACKED AS PEONAGE JACKSON. MISS.. Aug. 30—dames G. Bennett, a newspaper man who worked in Jackson. New Orleans and other Southern cities, now serving a seven-year sentence for bigamy, has arranged to begin proceedings in the Fedeial court for his release. He will allege that the state of Mississippi, in obtaining money from persons to whom he • hired by contract, is guilty of peonage. More than 1,000 other pris oners would be affected by the de cision. BRYAN'S SPEEDING AUTO HALTED BY CONSTABLE LIBI-'RTX . M<>.. Aug 30.—William Jen nings Bryan, of Nebraska, was a victim of a newly appointed constable, who ar rested the Nebraskan's auto parly speed ing to Hie Chautauqua grounds here. The constable recognized Mr. Bryan as he neared the ear and permitted it to go on unmolested, but afterward taking Sam uel Woodson, owner of the car, who was driving it, to the city hall to give bond. This the city attorney, Ernest G. Sim tall. would not permit. "Your bond is no good in this court to- : day," said Mr. Simrall. "This is Bryan - day, and let it never be said that legal business" was transacted on such an ocea- I sion.” DECREE GIVING SOTTO ATLANTA MAN IS UPHELD NASHVILLE. TENN.. Aug. 30. After hearing the habeas corpus case of Mrs. Hoy H. Craig for Hie past week. Judge Thomas E. Matthews today refused to in terfere witli Hie judgment of the Atlanta court decree, which awarded the son io the husband. The wife, claiming that Hie decree was obtained by fraud, prayed for and was granted an appeal, and fifteen days was given by the court to prepare the evi dence. ONE KILLED IN KATY WRECK. HILLSBORO, TEXAS, Aug. 30. —Ont person was killed and seventeen in jured when Missouri. Kansas and Texas flyei No. 5. northbound, jumped tlie track north of Temple. The mail car plunged from a trestle into a ravine. NOMINEE HAS OPPOSITION. DALTfiN, GA., Aug. 30. -Charley Con nally. nominated for sheriff in the" Whit field county primary of last week al ready has opposition in the person of Tom it. Glenn, a local Republican, who is run ning as an independent. The Republicans will not put out a ticket. OIL TRUST MEN INOIGTTO AGAIN John D. Archbold and Others Charged With Conspiracy to Break Up Competition. DALLAS. TEXAS. Aug. 30.—Promi nent members of the Standard Oil Com pany. including Joint D. Archbold and other men in the oil business, have been i indicted by th*- Federal grand jury her. I for conspiring to break up the Pietee | Fordyce oil association in Texas, an ' independent concetti. The indictment ■ wire brought under the criminal Bee ions of the Sherman law. The Standard Oil Company of New York and the Standard Oil Company ot New Jersey and the Magnolia Petto- Hum Company of Texas are the com patties named in rite Hue bills. Th* I individual defendants are John D. Areh- I bold and Henry C. Fogler. Jr., of New York; John Sealey, of Galveston, am W. C. Teagle. of Plainfield. N. J. They ate accused also of maintaining a mo nopoly. Tlie government piosecutois he* e say that the indictments followed a earefu investigation of oil matters in tlie stat and that the prosecution will be pushed vigorously. To Get Chance To Surrender WASHINGTON. Aug. 30.—The de partment of justice today ordered war rants prepared for John D. Archbold. Henry C. Flage:. Jr., and other promi nent representatives of tlie Standard Oil Company who were indicted at Dal las. Texas, Tlie order for the warrants was sent to Federal District Attorney Atwell, at Dallas, who wired the de partment for instructions. No attests will be made for three weeks. Tlie de fendants will be given that time to en ter their appearance for the next term of tlie district court, which will be held at Amarillo, Texas. It is expected th*- defendants will surrender voluntarily to tlie court, either personally or through their attorneys. MORGAN GIVES $lO TO AID BULL MOOSE: IS FOR TAFT BOSTON, Aug. 3(1.—,1. Pierpont Mo - gan. who left New York a tew day-- ago for a North Atlantic coast cruise, came ashore at Magnolia, made an au tomobile trip thr.-ugh Marblehead to | Peach Point, looked tlie location over and remarked in response to a question that lie might build a summer horn ■ there some day. "Ate you a Roo*|-velt man?" asked Mr. .\6--rg." ti of ilit- who woi a Bull Moose emblem. ‘ "I am." replied Snow. "Aren't you "1 am not ready to commit myself yet.' replied tlie wealthy New York* who has announced himself for Taft. "Here's $20." said the financier, as I*-- paid the bill, which was $lO. "Give $1“ of it to tlie Bull Mousers.” HOUNDED BY LOAN SHARKS. MAN ENDS HIS LIFE IN FALLS BUFFALO. N. Y.. Aug. 30.—Houndcil to death by loan sharks is tlie stoi :■ left by August Hoffrath. who ended his life by jumping over the American falls at Niagara Falls this morning. Hoff rath’s coat and hat were found on the river bank, just above tlie Goat island bridge. A note asking that iiis wif who lives at 42 West Huron stiee . Buffalo, and his patents in Germany be notified was found in the coat po* ket. LAKE STEAMER IS SUNK; NO WORD OF PASSENGERS SAUI.T STE. MARIE. MICH.. Aug 30.- ihe passenger steamer Lakeland Is repotted sunk at White Fish Point. 1 lie steamer has long been overdue here Search is being made in the vi cinity of the reported accident for wreckage. The fate of the passengeis and crew is unknown. pl EWELL'S kJF SPECIALS "Everything Retailed at Wholesale Prices." SOLID CARLOAD of Lemons. 95c per 100, 1 or each ■C ! SOLID CARLOAD Fancy Kish Potatoes. Q 1 Q per peck SOLID CARLOAD Fancy Sweet Potatoes, O Q 1 O per peck Zo I’ZC SOLID CARLOAD Fancy Ap- St” r 23 l-2c SOLID CARLOAD Preserving b p .T 23 l-2c 10 LBS. "Snowdrift” f\ _ Il or “Scoco” LarJ WLBS. Pure Hog $l2O l.ii; lot Poultry and jrggs I 1 and fine fresh Dressed Poul t A at positively lowest prices in Atlanta. Many Saturday Specials u In our Delicatessen Dept. Sewell Commission Co. I ’ . 113-115 WHITEHALL ST. ji? L 'EVERYTHING RETAILED fll AT WHOLESALE PRICES." L