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fflOR SPREADS OVER JOHN D.'S ESTATE More Letters Cause Rockefeller Home to Be Guarded by Small Army. •I XE'V YORK. Sept. 3. —In fear that • « desperate band of blackmailers, whose | ] ptt er« have thrown John D Rockt -1 feller and members of his family into a state of terror, will attempt to carry | out their threats of' assassination and I kidnartng. elaborate measures are be- J Ing employed today to protect the Standard oil millionaire's family at his pocantico Hill estate. Armed guardsj about the big estate have been doubled until thirty men are now on duty, in cluding several special deputy sheriffs I sn d six special men from the W. .1. Burns agency. The seriousness of the threats against the Rockefellers lies in the fact that the blackmailers declare they will dy namite the oil king's magnificent home j If their communications are ignored. Some of these letters have been traced to Palermo, Italy, where Detectivr Petrosino. of the New York police de partment. was murdered. The amount demanded from the millionaire was In the millions. The letters directed him If h" valued his life ant. property, to open negotiations for the payment of this sum. and told him in what wav t<{ open negotiations. He Ims been given until Septcmb‘ r 12 to pay the vast sum demanded. No Worry at First. The letters through the mails did not worry the Rockefellers nt first. As a matter "f fact, it is not believed they saw them, because the mail received from eranks always has been large. It was when, with guards about the house, the letters directed to Mr. Rock efeller or his son. sometimes to the foreman of the estate and sometimes to the negro boss of the laborers, were found placed in prominent parts of the grounds that alarm began to be felt. Then came letters threatening to dy namite the place and to kidnap the children of John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Im mediate action was. taken to protect every part of the estate, every member of the family and the bosses of labor ers. so that the estate today resembles tin armed eatnp. Eighteen negro watchmen have been armed with repeating rifles. At the entrance to the estate the guns are resting against the pillars of the gate, hidden f om view, but in the pocket of each guard there is a heavy revolver, of the army pattern. Five savage Great Dane dogs also have been added to the fort < of guards. Threats to Kidnap Children. The blackmailers have directed their h'dnaping threats against the oil king, his son and the latter's two youngest children, who are now. ill of measles tit the Kent house, a sort of nursery on the grounds, near their fathers’ resi dence. They have threatened to kill Fred erick A. Briggs, the superintendent of the estate, and a negro fireman named Dunson, who oversees the teamsters and “ther laborers. J’»hn D. Rockefeller. Jr., goes now about the estate accompanied by guards, while his home is guarded night and day by armed negroes. Moose to Name Opponent to Hadley ” 1 ■ 1-'H'IS, Sept. 3.—An effort to HTect a compromise whereby the Pro gicssive party in Missouri would in doise the Republican state ticket head *’<l by Governor Herbert S. Hadley marked the gathering of the delegates or the Progressive state convention to_ f ia.v. Progressive National Commit teeman Walker, of Missouri, is against 'he fusion idea. It is possible that the tt’a party may indorse the Republican ■indldates for supreme and appellate judgeships. •fudge A. D. Norton or former Circuit Attorney A. N. Sager, of St. Louis, will ikely he nominated for governor. ''heodore Roosevelt will address the c' legates at 6 o'clock tonight. Colo • ' 1 ectl Lyon, of Texas, will meet the eolonel here and accompany him on 'he rest of his trip. Income Tax Repeal Issue in Wisconsin MILWAUKEE, Sept. 3.—Repeal of e state income tax law and the pas sage of a milder measure was the C'lcf is ßue in the primary for the nom '•tion of state, legislative, congres "nal and county tickets throughout ' Istonsln totjay. Os the two Demo ia,ie candidates for governor. Pro- Judge John C. Karel is against tw as it stands and A. J. Schmitz, Milwaukee, favors it as it stands, was no contest against Gov r -McGovern. Republican, who is ~‘ " c r( ‘' e lectlon. Republican lead 'orked hard, however, to get out ' vote because of the state m ,r ' ,a "' "hich stays that a party ' Js Poll ten per cent of its previous election vote to win a place n 'he state ticket. Wife to Help Rich Husband Accused of Attacking Her BEACH RIDICULES CHARGES JMI J • 'W WyJMMw oMfu' yBsBEWOuSw-■?■ [fl Wb . wWhslkSiT' IO ■■Mr » _ ■/- ■ O .Min I’rmlerit k Bench. t'• W■ Mystery of Cutting of Society • Xx **’*L**- x %** z Woman Stirred Aiken. S. C.. .7 Millionaire Colony. AIKEN. S. <Sept. 8. —Frederick G. Reach and Mr*. I’each are expected in Aiken within a few days for the trial, set for the September term of court, in which the millionaire clubman is cha’ged with attacking his wife one moonlight night last February "with intent to kill.” Though the Beaches are reconciled and apparently happy again, the pros ecuting .attorney says he is confident of convicting the wealthy member of the winter tourist colony and showing the fashionable set that it can not violate South Carolina's laws with impunity. Beach and his wife have been guests at a party on J. Pierpont .Morgan's yacht, the Corsair, in Newport harbor, the last week. They left the yacht yes terday and went to Dark Harbor for a short stay before coming to Aiken, where Beach will consult his attor neys. He declares the charge is ab surd. M. S. Baughn, of Atlanta, a special agent who acted as detective in the case, testified at the preliminary hear ing that he had heard Beaefi make in criminating statements against him self. A small gold-handled* knife, which Mis. Reach said her assailant had used, .as afterward found in Beach's possession, covered with blood stains. Beach denied any knowledge of the assault and his wife supported him in his contention. Attack Was Mysterious. The attack on .Mrs. Beach was a mysterious affair, which disrupted the colons’ of millionaires who make Aiken their winter home. The story that first gained circulation was to the ef fect that .Mrs. Beach was returning to her home when a strange man, sup posed to have been a negro, sprang at her. knocked her down and then slashed her throat with a sharp knife. The screams of Mrs. Beach when her assailant first -prang her attracted attention, and he inis pursued, but dodged into an alley and escaped. She swooned and was taken into the house, where she was attended bj a physi cian. Afterward she declared that It was a negro who attacked her —one that she did not know and did not re member ever having seen before. In spite of many denials, a rumor soon gained circulation which involved .Mr. Beach in the attack on his wife. It was the subject for a great deal of discussion and speculation among the members of the New York colony and local society folk, and was commented upon in the local press. The gossip became so pronounced that <’. Oliver Iselin sent a letter to Mayor Gyles, in which he offered a reward of SSOO for the apprehension and conviction of the person responsi ble for the assault on Mrs. Beach. The Iselin letter openly rebuked the gos sips. but. instead < f allaying the ru mors. it had a tendency to increase them. Tried to Hush It Up. The latter spurred the mayor to make a thorough investigation. He did not issue a statement of the disclosures which he succeeded In bringing about, and had allowed the colony to think the matter had been allowed to die a nat ural death when, without intimation, he caused a warrant to be sworn out for "Beauty” Beach, charging him with as sault and battery on his wife. The members of the colony lined up solidly, against the Aiken authorities and balked the investigation as best they could. Everything possible was done to hush up the affair when it was found that Mayor Gyles was deter mined to bring out the true facts in the case. Mr. and Mrs. Beach have a summer home at Roslyn. 1.. 1., but spend the greater part of the winter at Aiken or Palm Beach She was married to Mr. Beach on November 28, I9ft!‘. at Grace church. The wedding was at tended by a large number of prominent society folk from New York and other Eastern cities. William K. Vanderbilt acted as best man. Mrs. Beach was the widow of Charles F. Havemeyer, to whom she was mar ried in October. 1890. Mr. Havemeyer died suddenly at his home at Islip In May, 1898, She early became famous as a horsewoman and was an inveter ate follower of the hounds. THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.TUESDAV. SEPTEMBER 2. 1912. Howto O.S.MSW Fall Election Expected to Go as Does State Contest—Heavy Balloting. MONTPELIER, VT„ Sept. 3- Ver mont, the political barometer of thi nation, is voting today in the first great contest of ballots since the presiden tial nominations. The result of the state election is expected to be an in dication of the result tn the national election. Victory for their champions is predicted by leaders of the parties. The polls opened at 7 a. m. and the early vote was heavy. Threats of rain brought out many voters early who otherwise would have waited until later in the day. The first hour's bal loting was so heavy thal it indicate! the casting of a record vote by the time for the closing of the poll- at 5 p. m. Five candidates sot governor were in the field. They were Allen M. Fletcher, Republican; H. B. Howe. Democrat; Rev. Ftazer Metzger, National Progres sive; Clement F. Smith. Prohibitionist; Fred W. Suiter. Socialist. Besides tile governor and other stall officers, two congressional representa tives and a new legislature, composed of 30 senators anil 246 rep; esentatives, were on the ballots. Tile Taft forces have been making sweeping claims, although since the Progressives centered their attack upon the state, the Republicans dropped their figures to a prediction of 10,000 plurality. Increases in l egist, ation showed that the voters are warmed up by the heated campaign that preceded the balloting. Sulf rage Big Issue in Ohio COLI'MBCS, OHIO, Sept. 3 Cool, pl 'asant w eather greeted the voters who participated in the special elec tion on the 42 proposed constitutional amendments throughout Ohio today. The voting duting the forenoon indi cated exceptional interest and it was believed that 500.000 voters, or about half of the total electorate, would ex press themselves. The 42 proposed amendments, if adopted, will- comprise practically a new constitution for the commonwealth and place the Buckeye State in the lead as regards progres sive organic law. Women suffi agists were very active in the last hours of their campaign, and carried their work right to the voting booths today. Practically every voting place in the larger Ohio cities was the scene of their activity and many thousands of pamphlets, 'cards and other literature was distributed with a personal request to the voter not to forget the women. They ex pressed confidence in carrying the day for equal suffrage. Fight On Initiative. There wa- much speculation as to the fate of the Initiative and referen dum. next to women suffrage the most important amendment to be voted on A whirlwind campaign had been car vied on both for and against its adop tion. and while both sides expressed confidence in the outcome, there was nothing definite on which to base their calculations. It was believed that it would receive strong support in the cities, while the country districts would vote against it. Other important proposals were thos for the minimum wage, the abolition of injunctions in all labor disputes, mu nicipal home rule, the short hallo’, licensed regulation of the liquor traffic and the abolition of capital punish ment. The voting booths were open from 5:30 a. m. to 5:30 p. in. Frederick G. (Beauty) Beach COORT UPHOLDS PHONE VERDICT Former President of Atlanta Telephone Company Must Pay Big Amount. Judge Newman today upheld the findings of the special master appoint ed to hear the evidence in the action brought against <'. J. Simmons, former president of the Atlanta Telephone ami Telegraph Company. The master's findings, confirmed by Judge Newman, required that the notes involved be known as gold mortgage instead of first mortgage notes and that if Simmons defaulted in the inter est the whole obligation was to be come due at once. Simmons was ordered to pay $139,- 921.57, witli six per cent interest from February 1, 1908. receiving credit, how ever for two payments of $13,125. The complainant was also given the right io immediate foreclosure with a special lien on the amount of the de cree. The Stromberg Carlson Compa ny brought suit May 17. 1910, and a long court fight followed with compli cated hearings before the special mas ter named by the court. The master’s findings constituted a victory for the company suing and are upheld by Judge Newman. A. U. Conklin, manager of the com pany. said toda> that the suit affected Mr. Simmon- personally and that it would not change the status of the company inasmuch as the Stromberg Carlson Company is already the larg est stockholder. RECORDER FOR WAYCROSS. WAYCROSS. GA.. Sept. 3. -The of fice of city recorder will probably be created by city council by January 1. The demands upon the mayor have so grown in recent years that it is a hardship for him to preside over police court. [PIANOS I FOR RENT I WE REPAIR I WE TUNE I WE STORE ! PIANOS I Used Pianos for SIOO, $125, $l5O, S2OO. New Upright Pianos $225, $250, S3OO to SI,OOO. Easy terms. PHILLIPS & CHEW COMPANY I 82-84-86 North Pryor Street Established 1865 T. H. WILE SPEAK HERE DN SEPT. W Local Bull Moose Hope to Make Atlanta Week-End Stop for Colonel Roosevelt. Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, chief Bull Moose, will speak tn Atlanta on September 2S. according to a notifica tion received by C. W. McClure, one of the most active supporters of the Rough Rider In Geoigia. An effort will be made to have Colo nel Roosevelt make his Atlanta visit a werk-end stay, and take advantage of the opportunity to tell some of the out lying towns why he should be once again elected president of the United States. Tite bull moos* 1 here did not know until this notice was received just what the date of their leader's visit would be. and no arrangements have been made. That he will get the light kind of re ception is, of course, assured. The Progressive party men here think the amount of enthusiasm he will stir up is going to surprise some folks. They bank on the colonel’s recognized popu larity in Georgia Io bring out an es pecially big crowd. Comes Here From Birmingham. Mr. Roosevelt will come here from Birmingham over the Seaboard Air Line. He will speak in the Alabama city in the afternoon, leaving for At lanta nt 3 o'clock. Mr. Roosevelt and his party will leave New Orleans in private ears, "Sunbeam" and "Mayflower,” over the lamisville and Nashville, at 9 p. m.. September 27. He will arrive in Mont gomery at 7:55 o'clock the next morn ing. He will make an address there and will leave at 9 o’clock for Bir mingham He will make speeches from the rear end of the train at various places in Georgia. WEDS YOUTH WHO SAVED HER FROM VICIOUS DOG PITTSBURG, Sept. 3.—After telling their families that they were going to visit some friends In Barberton. Ohio, Miss Rebecca McLain and Jesse Ed wards. East End. were married in Akron. Ohio. Yesterday the families were notified by telegram of the elope ment. After the marriage the young couple left on a honeymoon to Cleve land. Their meeting was romantic, Mrs. Edwards, then Miss was walking down Sheridan avenue one day last year, when suddenly she was at tacked by a vicious dog. Calling for helps, she attracted the attention of young Edwards, who was in his place of business. Running to her side, Ed wards clubbed and kicked the dog into unconsciousness. He later took the young girl home in his automobile. WORTH MONEY TO BE ALIEN: $7,000 IS IN THE BALANCE WASHINGTON, D. C„ Sept. 3 —The I'nited States Supreme Court has been asked to decide whether Belinda O'Hara, a working girl, is a citizen of Youngstown, Ohio, or of Ireland. On the assumption that she was a citi zen of Ireland the Federal Court of Northern Ohio awarded her $7,000 for injuries received while getting off a street car on her way to church in Youngstown two years ago. The Mahoning Valley Railway Com pany today filed an application for a review of the* case on the ground that she was a citizen of Youngstown, in which event the Federal Court would have had no right to have tried Miss O’Hara's ease. • $19.35 Atlanta to Wash ington, D. C., and return, Southern Railway. Tickets on sale September 8 and 9; final limit September 16. Three trains daily. Leave Atlanta 11:01 a. m., 2:45 p.> m., 12:15 night. Arrive! Washington 6:30 a. m., 10:40 a. m., 10:40 p. m. FIFTH REGIMENT TO HAVE LOUD ZOUAVE FULL DRESS OUTFITS The Fifth regiment, all Atlanta troops, will burst into the full glory of brand-new full-dress uniforms with in a few’ weeks. The regalia will be something to make you stop, look and listen, too. A dark purple Zouave uniform vir tually has been decided upon, though a brilliant green is being considered. The leggings and shoes will be of white. The trousers, closely resembling a ha rem skirt and baggy enough to use up several yards of material, will be tuck ed into the short leggings just above the ankles. The head-gear has not yet been agreed upon, as the Turkish fez which usually accompanies a Zouave outfit gives no protection against the sun. A cap similar to -that of the French soldiery or a helmet wrapped with a flowing scarf of white may be adopted. But anyway the next parade In which tlie Fifth regiment appears will make the Old Guard review of last summer look like a funeral procession. ATLANTA ADDS 800 TO ITS POPULATION; CAPITOL VIEW IN CITY Atlanta added 800 to Its official pop ulation today by the annexation of Capitol View, a town in Blackball dis trict adjoining the city limits. Capitol View's 98 voters went to the polls yesterday and settled the annex ation question by voting 59 for join ing Atlanta and 39 for staying out. The election followed an act passed by the last legislature providing for changes in the Atlanta charter, one item being the annexation of the su burb if Its citizens wanted to come in. $150,000 TELESCOPE IS DEDICATED AT PITTSBURG PITTSBURG. PA., Sept. 3.—A new 30-lnch photograph refractor tele scope, valued at $150,900, said to be the third largest instrument of Its kind in the world, has been dedicated at the Allegheny observatory, Riverview pa rk. Ten years of subscriptions were made before the amount was raised, [director Frank Schlesinger announced that an attempt would be made to determine the exact distances between the earth, stars and planets, although the task might occupy the next ten years. The new instrument was erected In memory of William Thaw and his son, William Thaw, Jr., who were lifelong students in the researches of Samuel Pierpont Langley and James Edward Keeler, both former directors of the Allegheny observatory. 50 SAVANTS CHAT IN 13 LANGUAGES ON LINER NEW YORK, Sept. 3.—The presence of 50 European sclentists of prominence on the steamer Kaiser Eranz Josef 1., gave rise to linguistic feats of unusual nature. I Hiring the voyage at various times conversations were held in thirteen differ ent languages, few of the scientists find ing difficulty in participating in the dis cussions. Some of the visitors are to attend the international congress of chemists and others the congress of engi neering at Washington. E The Real Department Store J Children’s Pretty Wash Frocks s| e Fashionably Made And ; E Daintily Trimmed! J • Prices Sharply Reduced! Just at the season of | year when the re- 5 plenishing and fresh- ening up of the Wash Dress Wardrobe of the 5W /tF little misses are neces- »it7ti -sarv, and the pending Jjp* Jw Z / fl U P ,v ,wo months, we are mak- tqJJ \ ’ an °PP or t une of- ll7* " f' J ’’ on a °f prettily Sl fashioned, fresh, clean, "7 rj Gingham, Percale and Chambray—in a varie- 'S3 ty of pleasing and es- S 5 * fective styles. '- J Prices have been reduced as follows: Jp . * $3.50 Dresses $2.95 ta $2.50 Dresses $1.95 * $1.95 Dresses $1.45 - J, ■J Second Floor. 2 5 s MACON fflN KILLS SELF IN .GUM Horace Adams, Prominent in Georgia City, Commits Sui cide in Hotel. CHICAGO, Sept. 3.—Horace H. H. Adams, of Macon, Ga.. killed him self today in his room in the Planters hotel here. He shot himself through the temple. A note found in the room asked the police to notify his father to take charge of the body. - From papers in Adams* possession it was found that the young man was a member of the firm of C. M. Adams & Son. Insurance brokers of Macon. Adams had been at the hotel since August 26. The reason of his suicide is not known. Since his bill at the hotel was left unpaid, and he apparently had no money, police are inclined to the theory that financial difficulties might have been the cause. Attaches of the hotel, however, think that the extreme heat of the past few days may have resulted In temporary mental unbalance. Adams had com plained of the heat and had acted in a peculiar manner for some da-pa Family Unable to Explain Suicide MACON, GA., Sept. 3—Horace Adams, who killed himself in a down town Chicago hotel today, was one of the beet known young men of Macon. He was prominent in both busineea and social circles, and a member of all of the cluba. He. was engaged with his father, C. M. Adams, and his brother, Albert Adams, in the real estate and Insurance business. Members of the family are unable to assign any reason for his suicide, as they say he was in excellent health and in splendid condition financially. He was 30 years of age. The body will be brought to Macon for funeral and interment. Adams was believed by his family to be on board a steamer returning to Ma con from New York, w’here he went ten days ago. Last week he wired his father: "I will sail for home today." It is not knowm why he w ent to Chicago. LAST oTsEVENTEENTH REGIMENT BACK HOME Three companies of the Seventeenth infantry' return to Fort McPherson to day after a stay of two months at the maneuver camp near Anniston, Ala. The other companies returned two weeks ago. The last of the troops did not march from Anniston as the others did. They came by special train over the Sea boa rd. 5