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PROBERS
Never Asked a Cent From Har
riman or Any One Else,
He Snaps.
LETTER ORDERED WALL ST.
CONTRIBUTIONS REFUNDED
Admits - Abyssinian Treatment’
of Standard Oil, and Prom
ises More if Elected.
WASHINGTON. Oct. 4.— Former
President Roosevelt today presented to
the senatorial committee investigating
campaign contributions evidence to re
fute charges that he had sought or ac
cepted contributions from Standard Oil,
E. H. Harriman and other financial in
terests in 1804, when he was elected to
the presidency.
This evidence was in the form of let
ters, which were written by Colonel
Roosevelt, and produced today for the
first time. They were written to Cor
nelius N. Bliss and George R. Sheldon
and ordered the return of any contri
butions received from the Standard Oil
Company, E. H. Harriman or others
connected with large financial interests
of Wall Street. He also denied that he
had ever asked Harriman for “one
cent”
In his letters, Colonel Roosevelt en
tered a protest "against asking for con
tributions from men who are being
prosecuted by- the national govern
ment.'' ar>d said that "we can not af
ford to accept aid from corporations to
secure Immunity nor contributions
which will give the impression to the
public that the contributors are secur
ing such immunity.”
Admits “Abyssinian”
Treatment of Standard.
One of the letters said that the Stand
ard Oil would receive just as much of a
“•tfitare deal” if not numbered among
the contributors to the Roosevelt cam
paign fund as if It were.
The colonel branded as untrue the
statement that Harriman raised his
fund for Roosevelt’s 1904 campaign,
stating that Cornelius N. Bliss really
raised the fund and it was used in the
state and not the national campaign.
He smilingly admitted he administered
the "Abyssinian treatment" to the
Standard Oil while he was president,
'’because It needed It,” and asserted he
would treat all corporations who failed
to obey the law in like manner if elected
president again.
In the course of his discussion of
Senator Penrose’s testimony before the
committee, and his speech on the floor
of the senate, the former president de
manded that the senator from Penn
sylvania. be cast out of the upper house
of congress because of his admission
concerning the contributions he had
solicited from the Standard Oil and
other interests.
Demands Calling of
Hilles, Taft, Crane.
clone! Roosevelt also demanded that
f harles Dewey- Hilles and Representa-
Rartholdt. of Missouri, be called
l' r orc the committee and be forced
C'tlier to substantiate their charges con
ning contributions to the present
'■impaign or "be forced out of public
forever.” He also advocated the
sub] < nalng of Charles P. Taft, Charles
1 nine and Democratic Campaign
Manager McCombs, who, he said, “could
Pli i uno interesting facts about contri
'• i to the two old parties.”
I he former president reached Wash
tills morning, accompanied by
“ secretary, John J. McGrath, and Er
’ obott, of The Outlook staff as
F b' William Loeb, Jr., who is
' o’ testify before the Clapp eom
nuttee
, ' ’’•nel left the train clutching
large suit ease which bulged
load of letters and telegrams
h--ed by him when testifying.
n ,'/ I’arty, which was met by J. C.
' "' n and F, ank J.’Hogan. Pto
leaders here, immediately pro
bi ' ' the Hotel Willard, where they
f( " ’ted, and then repaired to the
b '“tee room in the senate office
• . .., 1 ,I PP called the committee
' I*' 30 a. m. Mt. Roosevelt
'irdiately called to the stand.
, '’tiei aPa ted himself solidly in
, - ’ness chair, glancing out over
l , ; ‘ t Corn mittee room, which
trathless on his voice, and then,
( to a question from Senator
to his name, answered in a
<_ distinguishable ip all parts
' ■lore Roosevelt."
Roos. v, it immediately un-
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M'IWIJGBidN
REPRIEVED
mu ran
Os WOMAN
Slayer's Life May Depend on
Testimony at Hearing of
Accused Accomplice.
LAWYERS FOR DOOMED
PHYSICIAN SEE VICTORY
Mrs. Flanders. Widow of the
Slain Man. Now Free on
$2,000 Bond.
Dr. W. J. McNaughton, condemned
to death for the murder of Fred Flan
ders some two years ago in Emanuel
county-, will not die on the scaffold be
fore Mrs. Minnie Flanders, his alleged
accomplice in the poisoning case, is
brought to trial, if he is hanged at all.
The prison commission will recom
mend to the governor that he respite
McNaughton from time to time, if nec
sary, until after the ease against Mrs.
Flanders, which never has been called
for trial, has been disposed of.
The governor, in all probability, will
accept the recommendation of the
prison board, particularly as it will be
represented to him that Dr. McNaugh
ton may be a vital witness in the case
against Mrs. Flanders when it is taken
up.
This disposition of the matter will
leave the McNaughton ease untouched,
so far as its merits are concerned, in
the petition for executive clemency.
The prison board will make no recom
mendation as to that until after the
trial of the woman.
Woman Indicted Two
Years Ago Not Tried.
Mrs. Flanders was indicted jointly
with Dr. McNaughton for the murder
of Flanders. It was alleged that they
slew the husband, in order that a too
great friendship between the wife and
the .doctor might be pursued unmo
lested.
McNaughton has been convicted at
every point, but, for some reason, the
woman, although indicted two years
ago. has not yet been tried. She has
been at large for months on a $2,000
bond.
The prison commission takes the
view that to permit the hanging of
McNaughton now might result in a
grave miscarriage of justice in the case
of the woman. It is true also that
her possible acquittal might incline the
commission to recommend McNaugh
ton to commutation, if not actual par
don.
For respiting McNaughton until after
the trial of his alleged accomplice, the
governor will not lack for precedent.
Such a course was taken in the famous
Noble case by Governor Atkinson years
ago. and both Governor Hoke Smith
and Governor Brown, in the Hunter
cape from Savannah, took the same
view of things.
The attorneys for McNaughton feel
that they will have scored heavily in
McNaughton's favor if the matter is
disposed of as now seems most likely.
They contend that the trial of Mrs.
Flanders will throw an illuminating
light on many obscure points in the
case against Dr. McNauu iton.
OLDFIELD MAY BE
IN GRAND PRIX RACE;
BRAGG WITHDRAWS
MILWAUKEE. WIS.. Oct 4—Ten of
the boldest drivers-in the automobile rac
ing game were out early- today with their
mechanicians, making tr.als for the grand
prix tomorrow. For two hours the driv
ers had the privilege of circling the course
as a final preparation for the big event.
Caleb Bragg's withdrawal becausd of rev
erence for Bruce-Brown, leaves an open
ing for Barney Gidfield to compete.
The cars entered in tomorrow s event,
with the driver of each, are the following:
Benz. Burman; Lozier, Nelson. Fiat.
Tetzlaff: Mercer. Hughes; Mercedes. De-
Palma; Mercedes. Wishart; Knox. Mul
ford; Mercedes. Clark; Benz. Bergdoll;
Fiat, Oldfield, possibly, in place of Bragg;
Benz, Moran.
POLICE SPOIL SHAVE
FOR GAINESVILLE MAN
Just When J. R Kitnsey. of Gaines
ville, had been well lathered in a Mitch
ell street bather shop today offices
Bowen and Randall walked In and ar
rested him. He went to the police sta
tion without his expected shave.
Kitnsey. who Is a fireman on the
Southern road, is charged with insult
ing i young woman. He was held on
|loo bond.
Negro Boy Thief Leaps
From Second Story as
Pursuers Near; Dying
Strikes Pavement 25 Feet Below,
Fracturing- Skull—Stolen
Purse Grasped in Hand.
Rather titan submit to arrest a neg:o
bov about fifteen years old, cornered at
the head of a flight of stairs in a shop
at 15 Trinity avenue, at 1 o'clock to
day, leaped through a window to the
hard pavement below and Is dying.
As men. aroused by the cry of thief,
mounted the stairs after him the boy,
still clutching the,purse be snatched
from a woman in the throng of White
hall street, took oneJook at his pursu
ers and leaped from the window to the
alley pavement 25 feet below.
He was picked up unconscious by the
police with the purse gripped tn his
hand. In the excitement of the chase
'through the Whitehall street district
the woman who lost the purse disap
peared and no one in the crowd that
collected after the boy had taken his
leap was able to identify It.
At the Grady hospital, where the un
conscious negro lad was taken, it was
said his skull was fractured and that
he would die *
BLESSED BE MEN WHO
GO TO CHURCH WITH
WIVES, SAYS MINISTER
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WORCESTER. MASS., Oct. 4.—The
Rev. C. F. Hill Crathern, pastor of the
Park Congregational church, has pre
pared as et of Biblical beatitudes
brought up to date. Here are some of
his amendments:
“Blessed are the men who accompany
their wives to church, for they shall
save them from the suspicion of being
widows.
“Blessed are the singers in the sanc
tuary who can sing and will sing, for
they shall never be sent to Sing Sing.
“Blessed are the people who are not
forgetful to entertain strangers, for
they shall entertain angels unawares.
“Blessed is he who walketh not in
the counsel of the gossip, nor sitteth
in the seat of the fault finder, but
whose delight is in the peace and pros,
perity of the church. His name shall
be a continual praise in the sanctuary,
and his-friends shall be called legion.
"Blessed ire the church members
who give the Lord and the minister as
little trouble as possible; who are loyal
to the church, regular in their attend
ance. generous in their gifts, gracious
in their sympathies, and honorable in
all their ways. Rejoice and be ex
ceedingly glad, for great is your reward
on earth and in heaven.’’
GIRL TELEGRAPHER
WINS RICH HUSBAND
WHILE WORKING KEY
NEW YORK, Oct. 4. —Ann Jeanette
Brown, formerly a telegrapher in the
Hotel Astor, became the bride of Dud
ley C. Wray, a Western millionaire, at
the Holy Trinity church, on East
Eighty-eighth street.
Their first meeting was not at all
conventional. One evening, while Miss
Brown was busily engaged in sending
and receivig messages, one was sent in
signed “Wray.” The name was unfa
miliar to iter. As she was puzzling out
the spelling the original of the name
was gazing over her shoulder. Sud
denly she turned and their eyes met.
It was love at first sight for both, they
have both since admitted.
Mr. Wray is president of the Rabok
Paint Manufacturing Companj of St.
Louis. After a supper In the home of
Mrs. Harrietts E. Brown, the bride’s
mother, at No. 1655 Second avenue, the
bridal couple left for Atlantic City.
They wil make their home in St. Louie.
INDICT PROPERTY
OWNERS, JUDGE AT
ALBANY INSTRUCTS
ALBANY. GA.. Oct. 4—Judge Frank
Park in a special charge to the Dough
erty county grand jury today directed
that true bills should be returned against
property owners rather than inmates of
houses in the restricted district.
The court charged both grand and tra
verse jurors to notify him if any at
tempt is made to intimidate, bribe, in
fluence or otherwise interfere with them
In the discharge of their duty. He said
court would be convened at any time if
conditions warranted such action, and
that he wanted both grand and traverse
jurors ready to act on an hour’s notice.
Many indictments have already been re
turned against parties who have left the
city. The grand jury has been in session
since September 23. Court will not be
formally adjourned until five days prior to
the opening date of the next term.
CLAIMS EUGENICS WILL
BREED ARISTOCRACY OF
ABILITY FOR AMERICA
WASHINGTON. Oct. 4. —"Marriages
upon eugenic lines will be considered a
great honor, and they will be kept un
tainted by proper stock. We shall then
have an aristocracy of ability, rather
than one of nobility,” said Dr. Vernon
M. Cady.
•'As example of what practical eu
genics can do toward raising the race
standard are the Herreshoff and Ab
bott families.”
COAST VESSEL ASHORE.
J V KSON VILLE, FLA.. Oct. 4 —Th
steamer Dover, of the Van line, bound
from Nev. Yixik to this city with fifteen
pr-i on- on boa’d, has gone ashore near
.Mayport. Thu, ve.r el lies in a danger
ous pc Itlun. Tugs are trying to dis
lodge her,
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ATLANTA. GA.. FRIDAY. OCTOBER 4, 1912.
TWO KILLED
IN WRECK;
ATLANTAN
VICTIM
Engineer and Negro Fireman
Are the Victims of Wreck
Near Cornelia.
TRAFFIC IS TIED UP ON .
SOUTHERN'S MAIN LINE
i
Half Dozen Hurt When Fast
Mail Leaves Tracks and
Turns Over.
CORNELIA, GA., Oct. 4.-—Two men
were killed, three badly Injured and
others slightly hurt and shaken up when
Southern railway southbound passenger
train No. 43 was wrecked at Hood’s sid
ing. one mile below here, at 4:30 o’clock
this morning.
The train was due in Atlanta al 5:20
o'clock, but passengers were delayed
several hours until a special train could
be sent here from Buford, to carry them
on.
The engine and express, baggage and
mail cars were demolished. None of
the Pullman cars was damaged, as the
coupling of the first Pullman broke in
time to save them.
Physicians were rushed to the scene
from Cornelia and Toccoa.
Through traffic was tied up until this
afternoon, it requiring several hours for
wrecking crews to clear the debris.
The dead:
Jacob M. Costner. Atlanta, engineer.
Ed Simpson, colored, Atlanta, fire
man.
The injiifod:
R. L. Morton, mail clerk. Norci oss.
injured about the body.
J. H. Towers, mail clerk. Central, cut
about head.
J. A. Zachary. Orntewood Park, cut
about head and shoulders.
A. B. Gilmore, express messenger,
Washington, injured about body.
Passengers awakened by the crash
went to the aid of the trainmen. The
engineer was found scalded and crush
ed. He could gasp but a word and died
in the arms of a passenger. The negro
fireman was found fatally crushed.
Women passengers on the tram
bound up the wounds of the mail
clerks, none of whom is reported dan
gerously wounded.
Special Train Brings
Wreck Victims Here.
A special train bearing passengers in
the wreck arrived in Atlanta at 1:20
o clock this afternoon, in the baggage
ear were the bodies of the two victims,
while on cots in the mail car were the
three mail clerks, James O’Connor, an
Irish immigrant, and a negress named
Sarah Smith. The four white men
were hurried to the Atlanta hospital,
while the negress will be given treat
ment at Fair Haven.
A line of ambulances and a number
of physicians awaited the arrival of the
train, and the victims were taken to'
the hospitals immediately upon its ar
rival.
Many of the passengers showed signs
of the excitement of the morning and
several had small cuts or were limping
from some minor bruise. All declared
that nothing short of a miracle had
saved many more from being seriously
injured.
“I was asleep, but was gradually be
ing awakened by a strange jar when
the train went off the track," said Mrs.
Mary Gunther; of Pittsburg. Pa. “The
jar threw me out of my berth and for
a few moments everything was in an
uproar. Our Pullman did not leave the
track nor did any of the other Pull
mans, but all the day coaches, the bag
gage and mail cars and the engine
went off.
Immigrants Fight
To Escape Car.
“V\ e could hear some one scream,
and then everything was still for a
minute. The conductor came running
through with his lighted lantern and
told us that nothing serious had hap
pened, but just then the immigrants in
a. ear just ahead began screaming and
fighting to get out.
"For a time it seemed that nothing
would quiet them, for but few of them
could talk English, but at last they
managed to quiet them a little bit. It
was just beginning to get light when
we got dressed and went up ahead. The
engineer had been scalded to death and
file fireman was being dug out from
under a lot of coal and dirt.
“The baggageman had been buried
beneath his trunks and things, but was
not seriously hurt. It was the confu
sion and the awful feeling of uncer
tainty, combined with the darkness,
that made us feel so strangely.”
It was said at the hospital that none
of the Injured men were fatally hurt,
though it is probable that several will
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Southern, killed in wreck lodat. and wife, who was prostrated
h\ the news.
DYIUMITE FOUND
ON OSO TRACKS
Inspector Discovers Explosive
Before Cars Start—Officers
Increase Vigilance.
ATGUSTA, GA., Oct. 4. A slick of dy
namite, P/i inches in diameter and about
a foot long, was found on the tracks of
the Augusta Aiken Railway and FJectHc
Corporation, near the corner of Fifth and
Hall streets, by a track inspector, early
this morning, before the ears began to
run. The finding of the dynamite caused
an increased vigilance on the part of the
city police and the military authorities.
The cars are being run today without
trouble, but vigilance • has not been re
laxed for some time and will not be in
the near future. Martial law will probably
continue tor somd time, tlie saloons and
pool rooms are still closed and all of
fenders must face the military authori
ties.
So far there has not been much trouble
because of the fact that the killing of
three men last Friday has inspired much
respect for the military.
UNEARTHS $75,000"
BURIED TREASURE
SAN JOSE, UAL., Oct. 4.—Seventy
five thousand dollars worth of buried
treasure was unearthed by a Mexican
banker of Eusenada from a mountain
ridge in Benito county, according to a
story told by William Rogers, who says
he acted air the Mexican’s guide.
NO CHEAPER BEEF.
SAYS SECY WILSON
WASHINGTON, Oct. 1.1 see no
hope of beef getting much cheaper.''
said Secretary Wilson, of the depart
ment of agriculture. Fresh from a va
cation in the West, Mr. Wilson de
clared there was a much greater
scarcity of cattle than he had realized,
ized.
NEGRO RUNS AMUCK
AND STABS TWO WOMEN
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 4—A negro
butler an amuck in the ultra-fash
ionable Grammers Park district at
noon today. He first stabbed Mrs. ('.
P. Parker, wife of a wealthy business
man. and then stabbed Mrs. E. Brown.
Both women were fatally injured; The
negro was arrested.
be forced to remain there for some
time.
A little negro boy, a hobo riding on
the “blind baggage" next to the tender,
was the only person surviving who
could tell what had happened, in some
miraculous manner he escaped injury
and was found nine 50 yards away in
the woods, screaming with fright. He
said that the engine jumped the rails
and went bumping along for some 50
fe. t before it began to turn erosswtee
over lite track, then suddenly lilt u box
cur and turned over on its side.
NEGLECT COUNTY
BUILDING DETAILS
———— •
Three Stories Up and No Pro
vision Made for Heating,
Lighting and Plumbing.
Three stories of Fulton county's sl,-
000,000 court house have been built and
no provision made thus far for lighting,
heating and plumbing systems.
This fact was conveyed to the aston
ished members of the Fulton county
commission today by T. H. Morgan, of
Morgan <Sr Dillon, the architects in
charge of the erection of the building.
Morgan appeared before the board to
arrange for a $9,000 payment due on
tiie contract for the concrete work left
in a tangle by the disappearance of
Moise DeLeon.
“The matter of letting the blds for
the heating, lighting and plumbing sys
tems should be taken up at once,” said
Morgan. “Three stories have been
erected, and no bids for any of these
systems have been let.”
To Rush Letting of Contracts.
The board authorized the publication
of the specifications for the systems on
Monday In daily newspapers and trade
papers, and the contracts will be let
forthwith.
In straightening Mr. Morgan out on
the manner in which to meet the pay
roll for the concrete work, the board
refused to have any dealings witli Mor
row Brothers, a Baltimore concern,
holding a sub-contract with DeLeon. It
vas held that the commission could
recognize only the Fidelity and Guaran
tee Company of Maryland, sureties on
DeLeon’s bond. Morgan was told to
t ike the matter up with Luther Z.
Rosser, county attorney.
Residents of Peachtree street living
between John M. Slaton’s residence and
the Roxboro road, represented by Bur
ton Smith, asked the Fulton board for
the use of county convicts to ditch for
a six-inch water main to be laid along
the road at the expense of the resi
dents. Tlie matter was referred to the
public works committee, with power to
act. with the proviso that no favorable
action be taken unless the city authori
ties supervise the charge for tapping
the main.
Mob Fires on
Strikebreakers
Al Gt SI A, GA., Oct. 4. —Georgia
railroad passenger train No. 28, which
left Atlanta at 3:25 o’clock yesterday
afternoon, has never reached Augusta.
It was held up by strikers and sym
pathizers. who fired several shots, at
Dearing, a small station eight miles
east of Thomson, late last night, and
the strikebreaking conductor and flag
man were chased from the train into
the country. An attempt will likely be
made to bring the train on to Augusta
some time today Efforts to move the
train during the night were abandoned
lit 1 o'clock.
HOHL
EDITION
2 CENTS EVERYWHERE
MEDIATORS
TRY TO END
DIG STRIKE;
TRAINS
MOBBED
U. S. Labor Commissioner Neill
and State Commissioner
Stanley Meet Leaders.
MOB IN MACON ATTACKS
THREE STRIKEBREAKERS
Employees Chased From Train
and All Efforts to Move It
Are Abandoned. /
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Wtth the end of the Georgia rail
road strike in sight through national
mediation, development® of the last
twelve hours show the friends of the
strikers determined to prevent the road
from operating trains by non-union
men. An attempt to operate a train
out of Macon today on the Camak
branch of the Georgia road brought on
an attack by a hundred strike sympa
thizers, and three strikebreaking em
ployees of the road were chased out of •
their train and through the streets.
The effort to move the train Was aban
doned.
Dr. Charles P. Neill, United States
commissioner of labor, arrived in Au
gusta today and began a conference
with road officials and officers of the
two striking unions in an effort to ar
bitrate the matters at issue. It is
hoped that the strike will be settled
within 24 hours by a compromise agree-
ment.
Train No. 28 left Atlanta yesterday
afternoon with a strikebreaking erew
fn charge. At Union Point a mob of
strikers, or their friends, climbed into
the train, dragged Conductor Merrill to
the platform and beat him severely. He
was rescued by Operator Newsom, who
drove away the mob with a revolver
after considerable difficulty. Merrill
climbed back on the train, which pro
ceeded toward Augusta.
Freight Train Held >
Up By Sympathizers.
The first attempt to move freight on
the main line was made today. One
train of through freight left Augusta
with a strikebreaking crew, but was
held up at Campagnia and the strike
breakers chased Into the woods by ,
friends of the strikers. No details of
the trouble were received by the road
officiate in Atlanta, but the train was
taken into a siding and left there.
About noon today another freight left
Atlanta for Augusta. It had passed
Covington at 2 o’clock without trouble,
but had not reached Union Point or
Dearing, the scenes of last night’s trou
ble.
At Dearing, a small station Just be
yond Thomson, the engineer saw a sig
nal indicating an open switch and
stopped his train. Conductor Merrill,
with a. lantern, ran ahead to close the
switch and was saluted by a volley of
bullets from the darkness which
whistled past his head. Either the me.i
in the darkness were poor shots or de
sired only to frighten the conductor, so
he was not hit. He ran back to the
train.
Strikebreakers Hide
Out Until Daylight.
Then the flagman, a strikebreaker,
volunteered to close the switch, but lie
was also driven back by a volley from
both s ! des the track. Then a confer
ence was held and the crew decided to
make no further attempts.
The sheriff of McDuffie county was
reached by telephone and he came ic
the acene with several deputias and
closed the switch. In the meantime th
- and flagman had disappeared
and it was feared they had been
dragged away by the mob. But they
turned up again today and efforts were
made to take the train on to Augusta
by daylight. They had been hiding out
until dawn.
i Merrill, the strikebreaking conductor
came from Louisville. Officials of the
road say he is a decent, respectable ap
pearing chap and not a typical strike
breaker. He Is an experienced railroad
man.
A c ew of strikebreaker- was sent
from Atlanta to Athens late yesterday
afternoon to bring a train from the
branch road into Atlanta. They re
turned to headquarters here today and
reported that they had been set upon
by a mob in Athgps, beaten up, locked