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THE weather
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Fair today and tomorrow.
vol,. XI. no. 52.
J. P. MORGMI
IQiIITS GIFT
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Banker Testifies to Campaign
Contributions in 1904 Before
Senate Probers.
CHAS. EDW. RUSSELL’S
STORY FALSE, HE SAYS
Donation to Taft’s Fight in
1908 Was $130,000 Less
Than to the Colonel’s.
WASHINGTON. Oct. 3. —J. Pierpont
Morgan told the senate committee in
vestigating campaign contributions to
'i' that he contributed $150,000 In
1904 to the Republican fund, which fur
ther> 'l the election of Theodore Roose
velt. This money was given in two
payments, the first of SIOO,OOO in Oc
tober and the s< condos $50,000 in No
vember.
!be committee had already learned
that SIOO,OOO had been contributed by
J. P Morgan & Co. tn 1904, but ths
statement as to the additional $50,000
ram a surprise. Mr. Morgan also
s<a' •! :hat lie contributed $20,000 to
ti, Bepublie.-in . innien in 1908. In
y u- William H. Taft was the Re-
ic,b :m ' undidato for president. The
an. un: given that year was $130,000
less than that of 1904.
I want it. distinctly understood that
J. P Morgan & Co. never contributed
to any campaign fund under a promise
of return of immunity. We contrib
uted vt:ly fur the good of the eoluntry,
mo ■>. never got any return for our
C ui.000,” said Mr. Morgan during his
ross- x'.unination.
Insurance Firms
Alro Donors.
• - H » 'I, assistant treasurer
Rcp'ib >• n national committee
• bv • Mr Morgan on the
’ -'itio.i that three Insurance
n Ni a York city gave $50.-
Roosevelt campaign
f nd in 1904.
■ .!<>:• ,r: h: rived In the commit-
i t y at 10 o’clock, ac-
i by H. L. Satterlee and his
o’clock the committee was
to order, with Mr. Morgan on
stand, on being sworn, Mr. Mor
his residence as 219 Madison
• ! 'Otue. New York city, and his occu
pation as a banker.
'“nator Clapp then read to him a
* i Plng containing a statement by
I d.'aid Russell, in which the
ytltei ( liarged that Thedore Roosevelt
he white house demanded that
■' tgan raise SIOO,OOO additional to tlje
.bn Um hanker had already contrib
uted f,, r Roosevelt’s fight against Par
j’’ r ' I'li- clipping told of a visit made
"■’ Wa >’ne MacVeagh to the office of
t .'f"!" 1 in Oet °ber of 1904, at which
, b uuin was called to the telephone
s °rnebody in Washington.”
at ' n ”,' nf '- v king sat silently while Sen-
I »'l' road the long newspaper
J L. at tho end of which the chair-
tlK ’ investigating committee
Brands Telephone
st °ry As Untruth.
kina-'- '° U reca 'l a n incident of this
at all.”
, ■ "u retail a visit of MacVeagh
office?”
»h<r< -rJ 1 .' hut he may have come
; be circumstances of the tele
« fiction made out of whole
ti on ,i, r n f' er ’ larl an Y communlca-
. the mails or over the tel-
President Roosevelt in my
'Did Vr»,
cap ■... ' to the Repubii-
•_”> ■•■tfign fund of 1904?”
much?”
n. ' suiting his notes, the wit-
ay h, r 1 fiave them SIOO,OOO and
" ftn " lore on November 1.”
can ■ ■ a ” SOU fravp the R fipubli-
* Wft js ”
, re any other contributions
v "' l 'he 1904 campaign?”
■ ivi that 1 reca >’-"
, s,, 'icited the contribution of
t was Cornelius Bliss.”
t . 1 11 the fact of making
x '■ muiton?"
II il the records show that it
"as the second contrlbu-
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The Atlanta Georgian
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FOO MIR
POIMIOI
OCT. 15
Woodward Cails Upon Cham
bers to Withdraw—Says He
Would Do So.
BOTH EXPECT VOTE GIVEN
TO BROWN ANO JOHNSTON
Official Count of Ballots Shows
No Choice for City Council
in the Third Ward.
With .lames G. Woodward leading
Aldine Chambers by 596 votes in yes
terday’s primary, the second campaign
for the mayoralty began today, and
Tuesday, October 15. was set as the
second primary date by the city ex
ecutive committee, which met at noon.
Less than two weeks ar. given for the
fim.l con;, si. and the second fight prom-
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Bob Winlock, the engineer who took out the first train from // '''
Atlanta run on the Georgia since the big strike was called.
I ises to bo even more bitter than the
first.
The executive committee canvassed
the vote and declared the official re
sult. The figures were but slightly dif
ferent from those in The Georgian's
election extras, and the slight changes
do not affect the results.
One other contest will be held at the
second primary. In the I hird ward, S.
S. Shepard polled a plurality v *te for
council, with Carl N. Guess second, but
there was no majority, and Shepard
and Guess must run it again.
Henry Garrett introduced a resolu
tion providing that the people vote at
this primary upon the question of the
city’s supplying free school books to
pupils of the public schools, but the
i resolution went to the table after a
I brief and heated debate.
Woodward, who polled a total of
1 224 votes, said today he was confident
that he will be the next mayor of At
lanta.
Chambers, with 3,675 votes to his
credit, was equally certain that-his will
be the prize. He declared that many of
the votes east for Dr. George Brown
and Steve K. Johnston, who togethei
polled 1.363, would In the next race go
to him. The Woodward faction made
th- same claim .
Dr. George Brown and Stew R. John-
•3 DIE IN SUICIDE PACT*
• CHICAGO, Oct. 3.—Mrs. Mat- •
• tie Butler, Mrs. Anna Brown and •
• six-year-old Ruth Halldig are dead •
• today by gas. Police declare the •
• deaths followed a suicide pact. •
• The little girl was a niece of Mrs. •
• Butler. •
• A blanket over the head of Mrs. •
• Brown led the police to believe in •
• a death agreement. •
SCENES ON GEORGIA AS STRIKEBREAKING TRAIN STARTED
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• ston, defeated candidates for the may
oralty nomination, both declined to
1 state who they would support in the
coming primary between Woodward
. and Chambers. They both intimated
■ that they might have a statement to
make later and expressed gratitude for
' the support of their friends.
Jami'- G. Woodward gave out this
' statement, calling upon Chambers to
withdraw from the contest:
I “I want to thank all my friends for
the handsome plurality given me yes-
• terday.
"A second primary is absurd after
: such a decisive vote It will disturb
i business and cause unnecessary’ strife.
. "If either of my opponents had re
i ceived one-half the plurality I have re
ceived, he could have had the office
. without further contest.
"I am 68 years old. My judgment is
deliberate and settled. My record as
mayor of Atlanta for two terms is evl
| denee of my efficiency. 1 want to pro
i tost against the mud-slinging of my
’ opponent in an effort to becloud the
issue of honest, popular government
1 against 'ring rule.'
Aldine Chambers, after expressing
’ his thanks, said today:
1 "I shall continue in the ran as re-
Coh'.inued or Faye Two,
ATLANTA, GA„ THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1912.
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JOHN D. ARCHBOLD
RETURNS TO U. S.
MUCH IN DEMAND
NEW YORK, Oef. 3—AtnonK the
passengers arriving today upon the
White Star liner Majestic was John D.
Archbold, of the Standard Oil Com
pany.
Mr. Archbold’s testimony is sought
by both the senate committee investi
gating campaign funds and by the spe
cial eoinmlssioner in this city taking
testimony in the suit of the Waiers-
Pier< < Oil Company to prevent three
Stand.ird Oii men from taking seats
upon the board of that company.
GEORGIA ROAD RUNS TWO
TRAINS AS STRIKERS JEER
Above, Trainmaster Chapman, of the Georgia railway, leaving
the locomotive cab after arranging for the running of the first train.
Below, one of the strikers trying to show a strike-breaker the error
of his wavs.
SEPTEMBER POSTAL
RECEIPTS SHOW BIG
INCREASE OVER 1911
The receipts of the Atlanta postoffice
for the month of September shpw a
substantial Increase over the same
month of last year —52,257.22.
The total receipts for the past month
amounted to $99,295.21. The receipts
for the month of September last yeat
were $97,037.99.
While the increase is not as great
as is shown by some months. Postmas
ter McKee says it shows that "things
are still growing and are not at a
standstill.”
Detectives on Guard, But Hoots Only
Express Union Men’s Disapproval as
Cars Pull Out From Atlanta, While
Another Train Starts Out at Augusta.
Many of the Imported Men Induced to Drop Out
by Idle Trainmen—Mail Car Hitched on to
Give Added Security—Railroad Declares Itsi
Passengers Will Be Safe.
Two passenger trains bearing United States mails were operated
on the Georgia railroad today, the first since the conductors* and;
trainmen’s strike began Tuesday night. One train left Augusta early
in the day. The other pulled out of the Atlanta Union station at
o’clock, manned by a strike-breaking crew. There were grav** doubts
expressed that either would reach its destination without disorder,!
for the road is lined with strike sympathizers who live in <the small
towns.
Trainmaster Chapman and officers of the road superintended the
making up of the train in Atlanta, the regular joint terminal force
having refused to handle Georgia rolling stock. The engine and
coaches pulled out after an hour’s delay, amid the jeers of a hundred
or two strikers who filled the station, but there was no real disorder.
By orders of road officials, the mail car was attached to the rear
of the train, in order to prevent strikers or their friends from cutting
off coaches without interfering with the mails. One railway mail ser
vice employee, it was reported, refused to go out in the car unless it
was placed in its usual position, but another took his place.
Trains Run on Time Without Trouble
Both trains were running on time and without any attempt at
interference at 2 o’clock this afternoon, stated Trainmaster Chapman.
The train from Augusta passed Madison at 11:85 and was reported
from other stations as being on its schedule. It was due to arrive in
Atlanta at 2 o'clock. The Atlanta and Augusta trains passed at. Social
Circle at 12:45 o’clock.
Freight traffic is still tied up on the Georgia road. No perishable
freight is being received and that from other roads is being routed
over connecting systems. The yards are comparatively free of
freight.
The train from Augusta arrived here at 1 :50 without having ex
perienced any difficulty whatever on the trip. Preparations were
immediately made for the running of No. 28 this afternoon at 3:25.
There was no indication at 2
o’clock that tho strike would ex
tend to any other system. The
strike in the joint terminals affects
only the Georgia, the Louisville
and Nashville and the Atlanta and
West Point freight terminals.
Other roads which use the old sta
tion as a terminus are not having
any troubles.
Strikebreakers From
Philadelphia Here.
According to reports. 53 strikebreak
ers recruited in New York and Phila
delphia. arrived in Atlanta at an early
hour this morning and were secreted in
various downtown hotels. By 9:30
o’clock the railroad’s men had dwin
dled to some fifteen men cooped up In
offices of the company at the Union
station waiting for No. 2 to move.
A doaen of the near-strikebreakers
fell into the hands of union striking
conductors and trainmen congregated
in the Union station, and after a half
hour of argument decided not to go to
work. The men were taken to the O.
R. T. hall and will be taken care of by
the union as long as they remain neu
tral.
Strike-breakers Won
Over To Union Side.
According to a statement made by J.
T. Hunt, one of their number, at least
twenty of the men recruited to break
the strike dropped off the train en
route to Atlanta and an equal number
disappeared when Atlanta was reached.
He said that the majority of them
had come to Atlanta under misrepre
sentations. They were not informed,
he maintained, that they were hired to
break a strike. He said many were
not skilled trainmen and bad been em
ployed as fast as they applied in an
swer to advertisements In New York
and Philadelphia newspapers.
Officials of the Georgia railroad were
confident tills morning that No. 2
would make the run to Augusta with
out interruption and the opening of
the line after the 36-hour tieup would
mean that traffic would be resumed.
One train a day is the schedule that
the company hopes to maintain from
now on.
Conductor Doesn't
Show Self In Crowd.
A. E. Wheatkof was the name regis
tered by the strikebreaking conductor
who took out the train. He was a big
man in a brown derby, and he had not
shown himself in the crowd until just
as the engine backed into the shed and
was coupled to the train. Chief Clerk
Slaughter, of the Atlanta offices of the
road, and several other office men and
a special agent or two were on the
train to assist the untrained crew with
information as to local points.
HOHL
EDITION
2 CENTS EVERYWHERE
Bob Winlock, of Augusta, was the
engineer In the cab. He is blu®-eyed
and slightly built and the men say he
has a reputation for nerve. For an
hour before the train left he stood at
the head of the stairs in the Union sta
tion leading to the dispatcher's office,
away from the crowd.
John Curry, a 200-pound black ne
gro, was the fireman. It was Curry
who handled the shovel on the first
train out of Atlanta in the firemen’s
strike of a few years ago. He merely
showed his white teeth in a grin when,
asked If he was afraid to make the
trip. The engineers and firemen an*
not affected by the strike, their unions
not having acted in this affair, and 1 ,
they will operate trains when ordered,
unless it is shown that they are sub
jected to especial danger. In that case
they will insist on adequate protection.
Negro Porter Only
Person In Pullman.
The train carried a combination ex
press car with a safe and several pack
ages, two day coaches, one Pullman
with a negro porter as the only occu
pant, and the mail car at the rear
end, loaded with pouches and carrying
several railway mail service employees.
Placing the mall coach on the rear of
the train was looked upon by the strik
ers as an unfair trick to use the power
of Uncle Sam. The regulations require
the mail cars to be at the front of the
train, they say. If it were carried
there, strikers might board the train,
cut off all the cars behind the mails
and still not Interfere with Uncle Sam.
With the malls on the rear, they can
not interfere with any of the train
ahead without crippling the mail serv
ice, something they are very shy of
doing.
The scene at the Union station was
interesting. More than a hundred strik
ing conductors and trainmen gathered
under the shed and discussed mattery,
but there was no loud talking, no
threatening language, except when
several strikers cornered an imported
strikebreaker and began telling him
what might happen down toward Li
thonia or Union Point. As fast as the
imported workers reached the station
they were surrounded by clusters of
strikers, who talked them out of fight
ing the union men. Most of them were
easy to handle.
Talk Strikebreakers
Out of Filling Places.
"These strikebreakers aren't regular
railroad men.” said one of the strike
leaders. "Most of them are New York
and Pittsburg bums who signed or
for a free ride South and good eatlnr
on their way. They never had anj
Idea of breaking a strike. They wen
ready to duck as soon as they landei
here. Sure, we'll feed them and tak
care of them if they act decent an>*
square. We took a whole bunch up t