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G. BOOKS ALL BURNED. NAMES BEING LOST Bliss. Jr.. Says Father Destroy ed Books to Protect Them From Enemies’ Hands. WASHINGTON, Sept. 30.—Every let. ter every scrap of bookkeeping and all other documents whatsoever bearing upon contributions made to national Republican campaign funds for sixteen years have been destroyed, according to sworn testimony today before the sen ate investigating committee when it re sumed its inquiry into the matter. This testimony was given by Corne lius N. Bliss, son of the late treasurer of the Republican national committe' Mr. Bliss also told the committee there is no one now living who knows any thing about the campaign contribution received by his father. This covers th< campaign of 1904. when Colonel Roose velt was elected for his second term and who is now charged with having accepted Standard Oil money to help elect him. Mr. Bliss testified that before his father’s death the elder Bliss went ove all tite documents concerning < ampaigr contributions and de troyed them, as h> "feared that they might fall into th« hands of enemies of the Republican party." He also admitted that he him self had destroyed other pa pet s left by his father, but declared that none he had so destroyed could have helped the senate committee in its investigation. " illiam H. Libbey, a Standard Oil director, verified the statement that his corporation made a heavy contribution to the Republican campaign of 1901. The youngei Bliss produced letters from Theodore Roosevelt and William H. I alt. in which his father was urged to serve on the Republican national committee, "because he would inspire confidence in those sources from which contributions might be expected.” Cornelius Bliss, Jr., Called to Stand. Cornelius Bliss, Jr., son of the late treasurer of the national Republican committee of 1904. was called to the stand at 10:16 o’clock as soon as the executive session ended. i'pon taking the stand. Mr. Bliss submitted two documents to the com mittee. One was a report made by an auditor of the accounts of Corne lius X. Bliss. Sr., as treasurer of the Republican national committee. The other is a letter written by Bliss. Jr., on his resignation as the secretary, to Har.y S. X'ow, then chairman of the committee. Young Bliss declared that lie kiiev nothing of any contributions to the cam;-:iign and that he had not ex. mined th. repo, ts except tn a casual w ay. "Do you Itnow if this report contains tlie records of receipts of any cam paign contributions from the Standard Oil Company or from John D. Arch bold?’ ’asked Chairman Clapp. I do not know. There were no names mentioned in the report,” replied Biiss. Senator Clapp, aftei glancing over the letter from the elder- Bliss, direct ed it he read. It follows: Letter Defends Contribution Secretary. “Harty S. New. Chairman of rhe Republican National Commit- 's., tee: "As i am about to retire from the treasureship of the committee and can not be present at its sessions, it seems proper for me to make a report of the receipts and expendi tures for the past (1904) campaign. "In inclos. copies of reports of campaign contributions available. I have consistently refused to make the contents public for the reason that I believe the contributors . have the same right to secrecy that a voter has to cast his ballot in se cret. “A great presidential campaign Is a contention for a principle and there is no more need to disclose ihe contributions thereto than there would be to make known the movements of opposing armies in war times to each other. "Statements of Republican re ceipts and expenditures already published were the emanation of spiteful and diseased minds and did not contain the truth or anything like it. , "No political campaign can ever be conducted in this country as the Republican campaign of 1904 and the able and conservative management of Mr. Cortelyou. Not a dollar was .received which the committee had not a good moral right to receive and no pledges were made which should not have been made. There was no improp er appropiation of the funds. Every' member of the national committee should take pride in this record." The letter showed that in 1904 there was a balance of $107,000 from 1900 and a total of $2,088,000 was obtained In additional. The expenses for that year were $2,096,000. Knew of no T. R. Letter Destroyed. Bliss said he knew nothing about the letter from Theodore Roosevelt, which was supposed to have been destroyed. He added that he ha I searched his father’s paper and found only the doc uments produced. in response to questions by Senators Paynter and Pomerene. Bliss said he had never heard his father speak of Archbold or H. H. Rogers in connec tion w ith the campaign funds. A letter from Secreary Taft, dated May 6. 1904, was then read. In it Bliss, Btj, »at yrged to take the chairtnaa- Mrs. L. A. Day Burned Battling Blaze in Home ATLANTA BEAUTY IN FIRE JPs ' \ t ks \ MMr V > MW ■ < >; 1 wii , . ts V , O# I IB Sir tLa < v, .... .t/v * i.. Mi V ■LX- B.W Mrs. Leonard A. Day. of Yonkers, ,\. Y.. Formerly Miss Ade laide Alien, ot Atlanta, called by Roosevelt the South s prettiest girl, who was painfully burned last week in a fire in her home when an oil lamp exploded. Nurse Saves Baby of Roose velt’s Prettiest Girl in the South. NEW YORK. Sept. 30.—Mrs. Leonard A. Day. the beautiful young wife of the chief of the bureau of fire alarm tele graph. in this city, and formerly of At lanta. was severely burned by a fire in her home at Mohegan Park. Yonkers, last week. Through the heroism of a nurse, her two-year-old son, Leonard, Jr., was saved from injury. Mrs. Day was sitting in the library of her home, reading For some unknown reason, the kerosene lamp at her head suddenly exploded, scattering the blazing oil in all directions. Miraculously none of it struck her. but in a few seconds the room was ablaze. Mrs. Day’s screams awakened the nurse, who was asleep with the baby on the floor above. Hurriedly throwing some bed clothes around the child, the nurse, herself clad only In a night gown, sped through the blazing room safely into the street. Mrs. Day attacked the flames alone. Suddenly her flimsy dress became ig nited. and. blazing, she ran toward the street On the way out she encoun tered Doland Cutler, a neighbor. Mr. Cutler grabbed a blanket, and, throwing it around her, smothered the flames, but not until she had been painfully burned. She was removed to the home of a physi cian. Other neighbors in the meantime ar rived and formed a bucket brigade. Their valiant work soon extinguished the flames, but not until the library had been wrecked. Mrs. Day before her marri&ge was Miss Adelaide Allen, acknowledged to have been the prettiesi ypung woman of At lanta. Colonel Roosevelt at a reception given to him several years ago at At lanta complimented the unusually pretty blonde by saying that she was the most beautiful woman he had ever met in the South The physician attending Mrs. Day said that he believed that the burns would not mar her beauty. ship of the national committee be cause President Roosevelt was "most anxious for it.” It added that as "chairman of the committee" Mr. Bliss would secure the confidence of those from whom contri butions might be expected. The letter from Roosevelt, dated May 6. 1904, to Bliss, Sr., also urged him to take the chairmanship and suggested plans for opening national headquarters. The witness, in reply to queries from Senator Paynter, said he had not heard his father give the names of any con tributors' to the campaign fund at any time. He added that he had not found any books relative to election contribu tions among his father's effects Senator Paynter questioned the wit ness again about his father's letters, which he, as co-executor with his mother and sister, went over and de stroyed. Nothing of importance was brought out. as Bliss remembered none of the letters in particular. "I repeat," said Bliss, "that I don’t think I have destroyed anything of the slightest interest to the committee.” IBAK.IMG POWDSRI is compounded with the utmost care, under the personal supervision of expert chemists, and always insures uniform quality and best results. 1 lb. 20c.—X lb. 10c.—lb. sc. Insist on h«vin< it. All good Grocers sell THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. MON DA Y. SEPTEMBER 30. 1912. TURKEY, MERGING ARMY, READY FOR WAR IN BALKANS CONSTANTINOPLE, Sept. 30.—De spite protests of foreign representa tives here, Turkey is going ahead with her preparations for war iq the Balk ans. Five Turkish divisions of 16,000 men each in Asia Minor are being called in for concentration. More than 15.000 soldiers above the usual quota maintained in the garrison there have been concentrated at Adri anople and others are being taken there from southeastern European Tur key as fast as they can be conveyed. The government has commandeered twenty trains for the shipment of ar tillery, provisions, ammunition and other war supplies into the vilayet of Adrianople. A convention between Greece. Mon tenegro. Servia and Bulgaria for Joint action against Turkey has been drawn up. • It is known that peace negotiations between Turkey and Italy have been accelerated by the Balkan demands. The Young Turk element favors war with the Balkan states in order to maintain the prestige of the govern ment. 14.574.688 ACRES OF U. S. LANDS OPENED IN YEAR WASHINGTON, Sept. 30. —A total of 14.574.688 acres of public and Indian lands were opened to settlers in the fiscal year ending June 30, 1912, ac cording to a statement of the land of fice today. In the same period, pat ents were issued by the land office tot 10,135.478 acres, giving the landhold ers clear title to the properties. Despite the fact that homestead tracts are steadily growing less suit able for cultivation, the land office shows that more than 5,011,948 acres of public lands were patented under the homestead law. WOMAN BITTEN BY SNAKE: OLD REMEDY SAVES HER COLLINSVILLE, MO., Sept. 30. While cutting grass in her front yard here, Mrs. Julia. Hubetz was bitten by a snake. She screamed and ran into the house. Neighbors heard her, and went to her aid. They knew' there was an old tradition that whisky is the sovereign cure for snake bite, and the antidote was speedily forthcoming. Having given her all the whisky she would drink, they sent for a doctor. He cauterized the wound. While not com mitting himself as to the efficacy of whisky as a snake bite cure, he said no further treatment would be necessary. Festival For School. An ice cream festival for the benefit of Sylvester school in east Atlanta tomor row at 7 p. m. FIGHT OVER CITY TAX RATE HAS COMMENCED Change in System to Benefit Atlanta Favored—Candler Is for an Increase. Widespread interest has been aroused among business men today by the pro posed raise in the city’s tax rale, and a warm fight is promised when members of the Chamber of Commerce hold a big gathering at Taft hall, in the Audito rium, to consider'the issue. At the same lime plans for a great civic revival to extend over a week, will be advanced. ' "Shall the city tax rate be increased from 11-4 to 11-2 per cent?" is the question which will be put before the Chamber of Commerce members, ac eording to an announcement sent out today. A number of business leaders ate opposed to the increased tax rate, and will make a vigorous battle to have the chamber go on record against it. Cooper Tells of Big Civic Revival. Advocates and opponents of the change will be given five minutes apiece to air their views, and in order that as many as possible will be heal'd, the rule is to be strictly enforced. The announcement of the civic re vival by W. G. Cooper, secretary, says: "The directors and the executive committee have had under considera* i tion the advisability of taking some effective steps to bring about tile adop tion of a city plan for Atlanta. This means a comprehensive plan to be adopted by a commission of landscape architects and i ngineers of known abil ity. after a thorough survey of the city and its environments. "It is proposed to have a week of pub lic discussion to be known as a civic revival, which will extend through - every part of the city and bring home to all the citizens the importance of the proposed work. "Plans for this civic revival, to be , held some time this fall, will be sub • mitted to the membership meeting for its approval.” For Change in System. , Wilmer L. Moore, president of the i Chamber of Commerce, declined today . to make a statemnt as to his position in the tax matter pending the open i discussion by members. But he said that a large number of members of the 1 chamber favored a change in the sys tem whereby Atlanta would receive a B greater income-from the taxes of her i citizens instead of having such a large - proportion of taxes go to the state, as i at present. It is proposed, if possible, to reach an agreement with the county so that 1 if the city rate is raised to $1.25 per - SIOO the county will accept returns i based on 50 per cent of the city tax f assessors’ figures. The county returns are now 75 per cent of the city assess- - ments. it is shown that if the raise t is made and this agreement takes es -1 feet a property owner will not pay a cent more total tax, but the city will s receive a much larger share of his ' payments, less going to the state and county. As it is. Atlanta and other large cities pay an unjust share of rev. > enue to the state and receive slight benefits in return. Maddox For Adjustment. Robert F. Maddox, former mayor and former president of the chamber, said , today that some system of tax adjust i ment was badly needed. He called at tention to the high assessments made in the city and the extremely low re ' turns made by many property owners ' outside the city. 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Heard is alive today and Luther Jones, a negro who served 31 years of a life sentence in the Georgia penitentiary and was pardoned four years ago by Hoke Smith, is lodged In the Tower, only because of the quick work of County Officer W. C. Chapplelear. Chapplelear leaped on Jones and overpowered him last night just In time to keep the negro from crushing Heard's skull with an ax-. Heard, trailing the negro for a mis demeanor, flashed his light into a shanty near the river where the negro was supposed to live. As the rays lit up the doorway he caught a glimpse ot his quarry swinging a heavy ax over his head. Heard reached for his gun. 3,000 Georgians File for Civil Service Places SEEK DEMOCRATIC PLUMS Inspired by the hope of Democratic victory in November, more than 3,000 applicants for civil service positions have filed the required papers with the civil service authorities at the Atlanta postoffice, and. according to all indi cations, the loyal Democrats of the South are hastening to draw some plums from the victory pudding which they already taste in anticipation. "It’s funny." said the clerk in the. civil service office today, "to see the people rush for jobs wiien it seems that one party or the other is about to come in power. These civil service posi tions are absolutely free from politi cal affiliations and the applicants are not considered from a political view point at all. but they cling to the belief that they are. SPURNED SUITOR KILLS BRIDE ON WEDDING DAY LA CROSSE, WIS., Sept. 30.—An gered because she refused him for Se ver Yttre, a young farmer. Peter Pe terson. also a farmer, shot and killed Mrs. Emma Yttre, a bride of a day, on the Burlington railroad' platform here. Peterson then turned the gun on him self. He will recover. The bride and bridegroom were wait ing for a train when Peterson crept up behind and shot the girl through the back. As the husband turned. Ander son shot himself through the temple. Mis. Yttre died instantly. MILLS TO PAY DIVIDENDS. LAGRANGE, GA, Sept. 30.—Five big mills controlled by local capital will on October I pay out about $60,000 in dividends. The mills are the Unity Cotton. Unity Spinning, Elm City Cot ton. Manchester Cotton and Milstead mills, the latter two being at Man chester and Conyers, respectively. The mills are owned by the Callaway In terests. IRZWTm. RICH & BROS. | £ #Zw»tataZl /7wz*piv°7 *- • J The Real Department Store *> 35 • . t- 5 You Are Cordially Invited to Be ; £ “One of Those Present” at the g- I “Rose Maid”! . • St S . SE s Style Function | 5 Tomorrow Afternoon Between the • £ Hours Os Three and Five o’Clock g ij" (On Our Second Floor) To View Parisian Modes at Close Range, 2 5 and See the Superb Toilets from Our Own J ■'S Costume Rooms, On Living Models, * . j * J This style matinee will be spiced with :* the novelty of a brief but delightful intimacy 5: , E with chorus beauties, who will charm large g| =5 audiences at night and matinee performances J? j of the JJ; | “ROSE MAID” I £ At the Atlanta Theater this Week. Sk £ but just as the negro balanced his swing Chapplelear, who had crept up behind him, grabbed and pinioned his arms. The negro showed fight, but the two policemen soon quelled him and wrest ed the ax from his hand. Heard had failed to pull his ijun from its scab bard. He said today Chapplelear’s ac tion probably saved hint a serious wound, if not his life. “It was so dark," he said, "that I was not sure how close the negro was to me. I reached for my pistol as I saw him swing the ax. Chapplelear had him before he brought it down. I suppose I’d have shot him if I could have got my pistol, but 1 am glad I didn't have to do that, although he is a ’bad’ negro." “In consequence. more applicants have sent in papers for the different examinations this fall than I ha.ve ever before known in Atlanta. None of these jobs is yet open, but that does not deter officeseekers from taking long trips in order to take the examina tions." The new examinations just an nounced and the maximum amount each office pays follow: Negative cutter, SI,OBO, laboratory assistant in engineering, $1,200; spe cialist in rural education, $3,000; mill er. $1,000; assistant in tobacco inves tigations, $1,620; general mechanic, $1,000; collector and compiler of sta tistics, $2,100; lithographic pressman, $l,lOO. and photo-lithographic printer, $1,200. VALDOSTA BUSINESS MEN ORGANIZE BOARD OF TRADE VALDOSTA, GA.. Sept. 30 —The Val dosta Board of Trade was organized at an enthusiastic meeting of business men held at the city hall. J. T. Bla lock, cashier of the Merchants bank, was elected president, and committees to name an executive committee and a board of directors were appointed. These committees will report at another meeting next Thursday night. The se lection of a secretary and the fixing of dues will be left to the directors and the executive comffiittee. M. J. Chaun cey is temporary secretary. FORMER LIQUOR DEALER SAYS HE IS BANKRUPT Eugene H Carroll, formerly a whole sale liquor dealer,, tiled a petition in bankruptcy in the Federal court this morning. His assets are $2,000 worth of real estate, and his liabilities amount to $2,968.62. HIGH SOLDIER Os FORTUNE SHIN Broker Had Been Pauper, Mil lionaire, Tramp, Revolution ist and Hubby of Duchess. JANESVILLE, WIS., Sept. 30.—From prince to pauper, from tramp riding in a box car to millionaire in his own parlor car; from wheat speculator to South American revolutionist; from marine in the United States navy to husband of a real duchess, is a brief history of Ed ward L. Dwyer, recently a New York broker, who was found dead early this morning with a revolver clasped in his hand and a bullet through his head. The police believe he committed suicide. His friends declare that he was murdered, and the fact remains that the man who had one of the most meteoric careers in the history of the country was drinking with a tramp shortly after he arrived in Janesville, notwithstanding he is still rated a millionaire. Dwyer’s body was found in the rear of a building near a depot. Twelve cents, a cheap watch, a key to a hotel room in Chicago and an empty pocket book were found in his pockets. Hi« friends 1n this vicinity say that he al ways carried papers of considerable im portance and a large roll of money. The absence of these latter items leads his friends to believe that he was mur dered and robbed by the tramp with whom he was seen drinking after he left the train at Janesville. Where or how he met the tramp is not known Attempted Wheat Corner. Born in Connecticut about fifty-two years ago. Dwyer was educated by James Vannetta, formerly a resident of Janesville, and at the age of twenty-five went to Mexico, where he developed 20,000 acres of farm land and built a railroad. These ventures netted him about $1,000,000 and he then went to Chicago and began his career on the board of trade of that city. In 1886 he caused a tremendous flur ry by trying to corner wheat. He bought 1,000,000 bushels, was caught, and lost everything Seeing prospects in Venezuela, provided he could overthrow the existing gov ernment, he borrowed money and or ganized an expedition to start a revo lution. The United States and Venezuela governments learned of his plans when the expedition was on its way. His arms and ammunition were seized just as he was about to land, and he had to flee for his life. Going first to Brazil, he later went, to Peru, where he engaged in mining and again made a fortune. Weds Millionaire Duchess. Once more returning to the United States, he started to promote a number of gigantic mining and colonization schemes, and ran short of money. While in Flor ida in 1893 he met the elderly Duchess DeCastellucla -an American woman who had married an Italian duke. The duke died, and his widow, with about $7,000,000 in her own right, was wintering in Flor ida Dwyer married her She settled $350,000 on him to aid his promotion schemes She was 73 and he was 33 years old. Nine months later she died, and bequeathed Dwyer $lO Dwyer tried to break her will, but failed. 3