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VOL. XL NO. 26.
1.0. IGNORES
TAFT;SEEKS
HIT WITH
WILSON
Intends to Make Sharp Reply
Today to Jersey Governor's
Buffalo Speeecl).
DECLARES HE HAS TWO
OLD PARTIES ON THE RUN
Confidence of Bull Moose Chief
Grows as He Swings Into
Middle West.
MI'NCIE. IND.. Sept. 3. The two
'• p.;; tics aii} seared: they are doing
.<y can to beat me. I'll give them
a ciil flgiit. We'll win out. too."
This utterance of Colonel Roosevelt
• '■ ■ as his train slopped at this city
lurrl the confidence the ex-prem-
rlent is beginning to have as to his
■ imatc chance of winning the elec
tion While Roosevelt considers that
i. li.;s tn< fight of his life on his hands,
Apr-i is that, as the campaign goes
one. he will be able to swing the
ntiincnt his ow.n way.
T attitude of the crowds in Con
i' rut yesterday, copying on the
of the whirlwind campaign In
. iiont. impelled the colonel to say
t tin Progressive party is gaining
in oi . He wants to get Woodrow
\V :-on into the open in*an aggressive
' Hi so that he can puncture his ar-
• inr.
Doesn't Want To
Mention Taft.
If he can avoid it. Rcuaseyelt w-lU.Jja.ve
Tittle to say about President Taft, de
siring to give the impression that he
regards the president aS out of the
race. His allusions to the president
up to this time have been brief. He
has attacked the Republican party’s
platform and the performances of the
Taft administration, but has refrained
fiom indulging in any severe assult on
lite president individually.
Roosevelt read on the train this
morning of the attack made upon him
by Governor Wilson in Buffalo. He
observed that he will take up the cud
gels against Wilson at once. In his
St. Louis speech late today it is ex
pected that the colonel will make sharp
reply to the governor.
Due To Reach
St. Louis Late Today.
Roosevelt's schedule gets him to St.
Louis late this afternoon. He' remains
until 7:40 o'clock, when he rushes on
i" st. Paul.
The colonel was disappointed great
' this morning when he learned that
uwd of 5,000 persons had w'aited at
'ue depot at Syracuse in the rain last
right in a vain effort to see him.
Roosevelt was fast asleep after a
Liiguing day when the train pulled
1 ■" Syracuse at 10 o’clock, and his sec
>'i:iry declined to awaken him. The
''"'ll stood patiently in the rain until
! ■rain pulled out.
Birmingham to Give
Bull Moose Dinner
Birmingham, ala., sept. 3. —colonel
' icodore Roosevelt. when he cojnes
r, "igh Birmingham on September 28
• ill hr accorded a big reception. Several
’ousand people will be at the train or
i! 'C place where he is to deliver his ad
' " Pss - The Colonel will arrive in Bir
’"ingham a few minutes after 12 o'clock
d will be here until 3:30 o’clock in the
or about three hours, going
Rom here to Atlanta. He will be given a
'•inner during his stay in Birmingham
an ' ; indications are that 200 or more will
make application for dinner tickets.
ENGLAND DENIES STORY
OF PLAN TO TAKE CANAL
PROTEST TO THE HAGUE
London Sept. 3. An official state
ment issued by the government today
'■•clares that the announcement that
■ ngland will demand reference of the
f'anama canal issue to The Hague is
baccurate and premature."
•t is further stated that the "gov
ernment's line of action is now being
considered.”
Despite thi.. statement, officialdom
nerally is oT the belief that Great
1 ttain will demand a decision on the
nal treaty by an international court
' arbitration. Whether the United
s "'t , s win acquiesce is a matter that
■n th shrewdest diplomats are at
•' a upon.
President Taft is a disciple of arbi
''ation. but the Hague court would
a preponderant 1 of foreigners who
l» 1 ounied upon to decide
'n t the United Stat's, heeau-i Unit
inicicstt- arr .identical with those
01 England
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The Atlanta Georgian
Read For Profit—GEORGIAN WANT ADS—Use For Results.
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: Vermont Votes Today •
• How the State Has Forecast No- •
• vember Results in Seven •
• Other Presidential Years. • i
• . * 1
• Year. Democrat. Republican. • !
• 1884* 17.331 22.183 •
• 1888 19.527 48,622 •
• ’B92* 16,325 37.992 •
• 1896 14,855 53.426 •'
• 1900 17,129 48.441 •
• 1904 16,566 48,115 •
• 1908 15.952 45.598 •
• ’Democrats elected president in •:
• these yea's. •
• Democratic victory in 1884 and
• in 1892 was foreshadowed by •
• smaller Republican vote for gov- •
• ernor in those years. •
• Today’s election, therefore, is •
• attracting national interest. •
• Cold-blooded judges expect the •
• result wilMie something like this: •
• Fletcher (Taft Rep.) 23,000
• Metzgar (Roosevelt P 0g.».. 9.000 •
• Howe (Democratic) 19,000 •
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VERMDNT, KEF TO
U.S.,VDTESTOMI
Fall Election Expected to Go as i
Does State Contest—Heavy
Balloting.
MONTPELIER. VT.. Sept. 3.—Ver
mont. the political barometer of the
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 that it indicated
the casting of a record vote by the time
for the closing of the polls at 5 p. m.
Five candidates for governor were in
the field. They were Allen M. Fletcher,
Republican; H. B Howe. Democrat;
"Rev. Frazer Metzger, National Progres
sive: Clement F. Smith. Prohibitionist;
Fred W. Suiter. Socialist.
Besides the governor and other state
officers, two congressional representa
tives and a new legislature, composed
of 30 senators and 246 representatives,
were on the ballots.
The 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 registration showed that
the voters are warmed up by the heated
campaign that preceded the balloting.
Material Rosenthal
Witness in Europe
LIVERPOOL, Sept. 3.—Thomas
Coupe, who is wanted in New York
by District Attorney Whitman as a
material witness in the Rosenthal case,
arrived today on the Cunard liner Lusi
tania from New York and immediately
was placed under surveillance by the ,
police. Coupe was night clerk io the
Elks club in New York and saw the ,
actual killing of Rosenthal by gang- (
sters who subsequently escaped in an (
automobile. Recently he disappeared, .
but Whitman’s detectives traced him
on hoard the ship and Scotland Yard .
and other police bureaus throughout
England were notified to be on the ,
watch.
When Coupe was taken to the police (
station he was told that District At- (
torney Whitman wanted him to return ,
to New York. Coupe evaded a direct (
answer, saying that he must consult ,
with his friends before he could say
whether he would go back. ,
By this action Coupe aroused the
suspicion that influence of the most |
powerful kind had been brought to I |
bear upon him to have him stay away ,
from New York until after the trial ,
of the men indicted for Rosenthal's t
murder. (
Coupe refused to discuss this phase
of the case, but denied that his sudden (
departure from New York had been I ,
forced or otherwise brought about by Ij
outside agencies. I (
SECRET SERVICE MEN p
RAID COUNTERFEITING
GANG IN OHIO TOWN
AKRON. OHIO. Sept 3. After five 1
houses were raided, six men and consld- i
• rable counterfeit money were gathered ■
in today by secret service agents and lo
cal detectives
F’or some time past counterfeit silver
dollars have been in circulation in this (
city. Secret service men came here to
investigate and discovered that, while ’
the money was not being made here, it I
vas being distributed here. Further in ;
vestigations led them to suspect foreign
ers here were being used to get rid of the 1 '
bad coins. !
All the mm who were found with the i
money were locked up and will be ar
raigned before the United States commia- |
sinner in Cleveland today An agept
of the counterfeiting gang was recently
in the <ii\ an*' had coins to the 11
foreigners ioi * hundred.
ATLANTA. GA., TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1912.
DEEP TERHOR
SPREADS OH
on on
ESTATE
————
More Letters Cause Rockefeller
Home to Be Guarded by
Small Army.
BLACKMAILER GANG
DEMANDS MILLIONS
I
Grandchildren of Aged Magnate
I To Be Kidnaped as Penalty,
Threats Say.
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NEW YORK. Sept. 3.—ln fear that
a desperate band of blackmailers, w hose
letters have thrown John D. Rocke
feller and members of his family into
a state of terror will attempt to carry
out their threats of assassination and
kidnaping, elaborate measures are be
ing employed today to protect the
Standard Oil millionaire's family at his
Pocantico Hill estate. Armed guards
about the big estate have been doubled
until thirty men are now on duty, in
cluding several special deputy sheriffs
and six special men from the W, J.
Bums 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
if are ignored.
Some of ftflfic letters have been traced
to Palermo, Jtjuy,, »jjer» Detective
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 he valued his life and property, to
open negotiations for the payment of
this sum. and told him in what way to
open negotiations. He has been given
until September 12 to pay the vast
sum demanded.
Letters Cause No
Worry at First.
The letters through the mails did
not worry the Rockefellers at first. As
a matter of fact, it is not believed they
saw them, because the mail received
from cranks 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. 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
an armed, camp.
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 from 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
force of guards.
Threats to Kidnap
John D. Jr.’s Children.
The blackmailers have directed their
kidnaping threats agatnst the oil king,
his son and the latter’s two youngest
children, who are now ill of measles
at 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
other laborers.
John D. Rockefeller, Jr., goes now
about the estate accompanied by
guards, while his home is guarded night
and day by armed negroes.
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 Blackhall dis- ]
diet adjoining the city limits
Capitol View's 98 voters wen I 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 pa-sed
by the last legislature providing for
changes in the Atlanta charter, one
it'm being the annexation of the su
burb ts its citizens wanted to come in.
Wife to Help Rich Husband Accused of Attacking Her
BEACH RIDICULES CHARGES
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Mrs. Frederick Beach.
Mystery of Cutting of Society
Woman Stirred Aiken. S. C.,
Millionaire Colony.
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AIKEN. S. Sept. 3.—Frederick G.
Beach and Mrs. Beach are expected in
Aiken within a few days for the trial,
set for the September term of court, in
which the millionaire clubman is
charged with attacking his wife one
moonlight night last February "with
intent to WU."
Though the Beaches are reconciled
and apparently happy agnir, 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 vacht 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 Beach make in
criminating statements against him
self. A small gold-handled knife,
which Mrs. Beach said her assailant
had used, was 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, whit»h disrupted the
colony of millionaires who make Aiken
their winter home. The story that
first gained circulation was-to thi- ef
fect that Mrs. Beach was returning to
her home when a strange man, sup
posed to have been a negro, "prang at
her, knocked her down and then
slashed her throat with a sharp knife.
The screams of Mrs. Beach when her
assailant first sprang al her attracted
attention, and he was pursued, but
dodged into an alley and escaped. She
swooned and was taken Into the housi ,
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 r< -
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 Now 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. Tin
Iselin letter openly rebuked the gos
sips, but. instead cf allaying the iit
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 tire
matter had been allowed to die a nat
ural death when, without intimation, he
caused a warrant to be sworn out for j
''Beauty" Beach, charging him with as
sault anrf battery on his w if<.
The members of the eoloriy lined up
solidly against the Aiken authorities
and balked the Investigation as h< -t
they could. Everything pus ibb was
done to hush up th* affair when it y .
found that Maym Gyle- was det't-
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FATHER ACCUSED
OF MG CHILD
Mrs. Rudolph Oetler Thinks
Husband Took Child Award
ed Her by Court.
A frantic mother, victorious In her
fig’llt for her child in the courts, is
hunting a t hi ee-year-old lad today who,
she sajs, was kidnaped by his father.
The woman is Mrs. Rudolph Oetter..
whsr troubles with her husband have
figured in th< courtaat various times.
She? lives with her mother. Mrs. Emily
Smith, 9 Nesbit street, and there has
been taking care of the youngster who
was awarded to her after a long fight
in court, (letter, the father, has been
coining to see the youngster off and on.
He visited the house last night, ac
'cording to Mrs. Smith, and took the
boy out to. a corner drug store for some
ice cream. At the same time he had
some summer beverages sent to the
house for Mrs. Smith and Ris wife. The
two women awaited his. return for an
hour and then Mrs. (letter began a
hysterical search of the streets for the
child.
She found no clew and the police have
not been able to locate the man. There
was some talk of an automobile having
figured in tch so-called kidnaping.
ADMITS IN A LETTER
KILLING 3 WOMEN ;
POLICE INFORMED
.SPRINGITELJ). ILL, Sept. 3.- Thg
police department here today received
a letter dated St. Louis. Mo., put port
ing to be from Charles Stanhope Cal
vert, a wealthy Bind owner, formerly
of Baltimore but now claiming St.
Louis as Ills home. According to the
letter, Calvert murdered* three women,
one of them being a Miss Bradley, of
Pittsburg. I’a.. whom he threw over
board from a boat in a fit of rage. His
lettei stated that he was on his way to
.kill a nle< • . Mrs. Henry Bowers, of
Pittsfield, 111., when he was overpow
ered by a suicidal mania and took his
own life.
Polite of Pittsburg, Baltimore and
St. I.ouis have been asked to locate
i ith.-r Calvert or Ids body.
Mts. Henry Bowgrs, who is the wife
of t’ireuit Clerk Henry Bowers of Pike
county, with headquarters at Pittsfield,
stated this afternoon that Calvert had
la "ii appointed administrator of the
estate of her grandfather, James Yules,
a Seotchman, who had amassed a for
tune of $1511,1100 at Baltimore. Her
grandfather left iter $50,000. but as yet
she has never received a eent of it.
GIRL'S SPIRIT TELLS WIFE
OF HER HUSBAND'S DEATH
(’LEVELAXI •. OHIO. Sept. 3. Twice
the “spirit" <»f Margaret Coughenour, who
died six years ago. gave warning that
her father. Albert L. (’oughenour. faced
death The third time the "spirit"
brought word to the mother that Couglu -
ii" ii w h <;< ;i<|. ,\n Ijour later came nuns
i*’ hg: .iph tbai (’ougherinur. Pcnn
iM'iu.i tnmm.j, had been killed with
three others in a wreck at Cunwav, p a .
Frederick G. (Beauty) Beach
COURT UPHOLDS
I PHONE IEBDICT
s Former President of Atlanta
Telephone Company Must
Pay Big Amount.
r Judge Newman today upheld the
findings of the special master appoint
ed to hear the evidence in the action
brought against C. J. Simmons, former
3 president of the Atlanta Telephone arid
Telegraph Company.
The master's findings, confirmed l>yt
l
, Judge Newman, required that the notes’
t Involved be known as gold mortgage
i Instead of first mortgage notes and
• that if Simmons defaulted in tire inter
est the whole obligation was to be
come due at once.
Simmons was ordered to pay $139,-
921.57. wfllt six pel cent interest from
February 1. 1908. receiving endit, how
ever. for two payments of $13,125.
1 The complainant was also given the
right Io immediate fore. Insure with a
special lien on tlie amount of the de
cree. Tin' Stromberg Carlson Compa
ny brought suit May 17, I'.iln, and a
long court light followed with compli
cated hearings before the special mas
ter named by the court. The master’s
findings constituted a victorv I'm tlie
company suing and are upheld by
Judge Newman. »
A. B. Conklin, manager’ of the cotn-
i pany, said today that thosuft affected
Mr. Simmons personally and that it
would not change the status of the
company inasmuch as the Stromberg
Carlson Company Is alnady the larg
est stockholder.
WEDS YOUTH WHO SAVED
HER FROM VICIOUS DOG
PITTSBURI:. S< ■ i After telling
their families that tin y were going to
visit some friends in Barberton Ohio.
Miss Rebecca .McLain and Jesse Ed
wards, East End. were married in
Akron, Ohio Yestm-.T,, th,- families
were notified by telegram of the elope
ment. After the marriagi tile young
couple left on a honeymoon to Cleve
land.
Their meeting was romantic. Mrs
Edwards, then '.Me- McLain. was
walking down Sncridan a\>llllo mu- day
last year, w hen sudih nly she was at
tacked by a vicious dog. Catling for
helps, she .ittrieted the attention of
young Edwards, who \tas in liis place
of business Running lo’her side, Ed
wards clubbed and kii ked the dog into
unconsciousness. He later took the
young girl home in his automobile.
ARMY DESERTER ARRESTED
Cl MMING, GA.. S< pi -J*olphus
. .lames, private of Batten I». Fourth Hehl
' ai tilh-rv . who def • - • | \
’ Ruasell. Wyo, on Mir 8. was arr* . ted
I here today b\ Sheriff W W Reid, of P ot
s.Vth county He will b< taken to Atlanta
and surrenderod arnix < !fH ui< at I <>» ’
M< I’lwrson .lauo • I *<>i huit lit . n
j listing 11 c arrived in town t« da\ and
was immediately placed undvr arrest.
IXTM
2 CENTS EVERYWHERE
KILLSSELF
MU
HOTEL
Financial Difficulties and Ex-
cessive Heat Given as Prob-
able Causes of Suicide.
HORACE ADAMS LEAVES
NOTE FOR HIS FATHER
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Dead Man Prominent in Insur
ance Business and Socially
in Georgia City. /
CHICAGO, Sept., 3.—Horace H.
H. Adams, of Macon. Ga., killed him
self today in his room tn the Planters
hotel here. He shot himself through
the thfj, temple. A note found In the
room asked the police to notify his
father to take charge of the body.
Krom papers in Adams' possession it ,
was found that the young man was a
member of the firm of 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 diffictilties 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 jieat and had acted in
a peculiar mariner for some,days.
Family Unable to
Explain Suicide
MAI ON. GA., Sept. 3.—Horact
Adams, who killed himself in a down
town Chicago hotel today, was one of
the best known young men of Macon.
He was prominent In both business.and
social circles, and a member of all of
the clubs. He was engaged with his
ffather, C. M. Adatns, 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 hi excellent health and
in splendid condition financially. Ho
was 30 years of; agr.
The body will be brought t<r Macon
for funeral and Interment.
JOKES JUDGE, BUT
IS FREED OF COURT
CONTEMPT CHARGE
DENVER. f'01... Sept. 3.—Hany H.
Tammcn. one of the owners' of The
Denver Post, charged witli eontenjpt of
court by District Judge Shattuck for
artii les print' d in The Post, was dis.
charged, much to everybody’s astonish- •'
incut, as Prosecutor <'biles declares the
publisher's answer to the charge was
far more contemptuous than the alleged
original offense.
When the court began talking about
tlie constitution Tamtnen interrupted
and said: "No. judge, don’t kid me
about the constitution; this is a man
to-man proposition, attd sometimes I
think It is a dog fight. I suppose you
will give me a penitentiary sentence."
After further sallies back and forth.
Judge Shattuck discharged Tammen.
F t. t he, same offense of which Tammen
was acquitted F. G. Boufils, his part
ner. was fined $5,00.0 and sentenced to
sixty days in jail. The supreme c<lUrt
interfered with this sentence.
RATS BITE CHILD IN CRIB:
RIGHT HAND IS INJURED
ST. LOUIS Sept.' 3 —Harold, the
two-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Wil
liam McGarry, who conduct a millinery
slurp, is in a serious condition at his
hoim- from injuries inflicted during
th'- night by rats The child's right
arm was bitten in a store of places
ami the shock and loss of blood may
be n'nrh i < ■!) woi se by infection of the
wounds.
The rs(rents were awakened by the
I'hilil s s'-reams. and after trying tc
'hush it arosi and lighted the gas. They
tlu n saw the wounds and. hastily
<>r iritook Harold io the Central
di .iH-a'v Ph l sicians cauterized 'h'
■■■urtd-. Th- child was In a go-cart
a tire idot oi th" phrentn* bed when
al lacked. i