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VOL. XI. NO. 117.
FORAKER ON
STAND TRIES
TO EXPLAIN
LETTERS
Former Senator Says He Was
Not “Ordered” by Standard
Head to Support Judge.
ARCHBOLD’S REQUEST
OF NO WEIGHT WITH HIM
Heard Hearst Paid $38,000 for
Letters. But Disclaims Re
sponsibility for Assertion.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 18.—Former
T’nited States Senator Joseph B. For
aker, of Ohio, today explained before
the Clapp committee investigating
-ampaign funds his financial relations
with John D. Archbold, manager of the
Standard OU Company. After reading
rumerous statements by himself, let
> rs from the Standard Oil lawyer and
other data which denied that he had
■ought to influence legislation. Senator
Foraker produced a document which.
,e said, was given him by Gilchrist
Stewart, a negro living in New York
. ity. which claimed that W. R. Hearst
had been interested personally in the
Inquisition of the Archbold correspond
ence. Foraker explained that the ne
gro had assisted him during the
Brownsville riots and he believed him
to be an honest man.
"Rut.” he added. "I will not take re
sponsibility for these charges. Th's
was told me bv Stewart. T suggest that
.? and the other persons Implicated be
♦his committee.-
nnn Paid
For Oil Letters.”
According to Foraker’s version of
what was related to him bv Stewart,
two emnlovees of the private office of
Archbold had taken the letters from the
fie to Mr. Hearst, had offered to sell
them, and had subsequently received
about $38,000 for correspondence be
•ween the trust magnate and men in
public life. The two men who took the
'rtters were Charles Stumnh and Wil
■ie Wlnckfield, the latter being a negro.
The negotiations for the sale of the let
ters were conducted In the offices of
one of Mr. Hearst’s newspapers, he de
clared. During the course of his de
scription. Senator Foraker referred to
standard Oil employees ns “men. de
rided to become progressive.”
Chairman Clapp, one of the progres
sive senators on the committee, started
to nse from his chair and Senator For
aker added hurrledlv: **T mean, of
curse. In a financial way.”
Tn detailing the money allbged to
are been paid by Mr. Hearst's repre
-entatlves for the letters. Senator For
aker said they had received $7,000 for
the batch relating to himself. Senator
Hanna of Ohio and Senator Penrose of
PenrisA-ivanla.
“We Roomed To Be
The Fat Cattle.”
'*We seemed to be the fat cattle.” he
emarked, “for that was the highest
sum paid."
The senator concluded with the as
♦ertfon that negotiations were now un
der way between Mr. Hearst’s repre
sentative and the two former em
ployees of the Standard OU Company
o purchase another batch of letters.
At the conclusion of the hearing.
1 Chairman Clapp stated that the men
■lamed by Foraker probably will be
called.
The committee then adjourned, to
np et at the call of the chairman.
« len Mr. Foraker was called, he an-
’’iinced that he wished to make a com
plement before being examined,
hairman Clapp Insisted that he tell
...ether he knew anything of the con
i’’.',tions to primaries or campaigns in
ISP? or 1908.
I know nothing of them,” replied Mr.
' r ' r,4 ker. and then he proceeded with
n f teotrnonv.
Tkkes Tin Letters
on Him.
} quested the privilege of coming
th<- committee because the let-I
. . r" 1 . ,ol ' n Archbold. of the Stan
d 1 < ompanv. as printed in Hearst's
•- iiuie. now form part of the official
Inasmuch as they reflect in a
i on me. I desire to commence my
'■eny with reference to three mag
«lne articles.”
■ raker then read from Hearst's
' ’ine () f May 8:
Tj . wnr d'” by William Randolph
‘ n which he explained how he
s' 'tten possession of the corre
" uile in Columbus.
" 1 ( r ,. ar ] f r , )ln t j le }{ ParK t article
■ I’-s as “Mr. Archbold prevari
'•» he said he paid Senator
iw his legal services,” “Fora-
A-ontinued on Rage Two-
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JESTER
Rich Contractor Accused of
Theft of a Wife’s Love
Brands Charge False.
RAILROAD MAN TELLS
HOW HE TRAILED PAIR
Declares He Spent His Meager
Fortune Following Them
Over United States.
“Anglin's charges against me are false
and without foundation. The animus
behind them will be shown up at the
proper time and place,” said W. R. Jes
ter today, in a statement to The Geor
gian, replying to the suit filed against
him in the superior court by J. T. An
glin.
Anglin sued Jester for $50,000 dam
ages, charging that Jester had alien
ated the affections of Mrs. Anglin. The
suit was the outgrowth of marital trou
bles of the Anglins, which already had
attracted wide attention.
The story included a chase across the
American continent, with Anglin as
pursuer, and Jester and Mrs. Anglin as
pursued; a fight between Anglin and
Jester in Macon a short time ago. and
a divorce suit instituted by Mrs. An
glin.
Father of Wife
Also Is Accused.
The damage suit today also asks the
sum of $1,994.80. to repay expenses in
curred by Anglin in his transcontinen
tal trips and in other travels on the
trail of his wife.
Ira Bradshaw, father of Mrs. Anglin,
and formerly a carpenter in Jester's
employ, is alleged to have had knowl
edge of his daughter’s Infatuation for
Jester, a wealthy contractor, and his
name Is several times brought into the
suit.
Jester’s statement today follows:
All that I desire to say at this
time in reference to the sensation
al allegations made by J. T. Anglin
In the suit filed against me Is that
at the proper time and place the
animus of same will be shown up
and the charges will be shown to
be false and without foundation."
Says He Spent All
His Money Trailing Pair.
Anglin recites in his suit that Jes
ter, by his fortune of $300,000, cunning
ly, craftily and with great subtlety,
worked on the mind of Mrs. Anglin and
by showing her the allurements of a
life of luxury and ease, such as Anglin
could not give her, gained ’ a great
ascendency over her. He alleged that
Jester was a married man, though sep
arated from his wife, at the time he
was paying these attentions to Mrs.
Anglin.
"Your petitioner has spent all his
money in an effort to frustrate the de
signs of Jester,” recites the petition,
“and by reason of twice crossing the
continent to prevent the wreck of his
home has been reduced to such straits
that at times he has not had even car
fare.” He alleges further that Jester
has given Mrs. Anglin valuable pres
ents of diamonds, clothing, pleasure
trips and other luxuries.
The suit recites that Anglin married
Mamie Bradshaw, daughter of Ira
Bradshaw’, a carpenter, on April 19,
1911, in Atlanta, and the couple went to
El Paso, Texas, where Anglin had ac
cepted a railroad job.
Left Husband in
West and Came Here.
Soon after there came messages pur
porting to be from the bride’s father,
begging her to come home on account
of his illness. About June 7 Mrs. Ang
lin left for Atlanta, leaving her husband
behind, happy in the belief that she
would return to him. There had not
been a cloud on the honeymoon thus
far.
But Mrs. Anglin remained in Atlanta
and finally a letter “from one of her
lady friends” came to Anglin telling
him Bradshaw's illness was not such as
to render his daughter's presence nec
essary. Then Anglin's brother wroto
that Mrs. Anglin was taking daily mo- I
tor rides with W. R. Jester. And at
the same time came a letter from the
wife, saying she was enjoying life in
Atlanta and hated to leave.
But Mrs. Anglin returned to El Paso
and her tather went with her. It was a
short time after this, recites Anglin,
that he discovered his wife writing a
letter She started in surprise, and lie
became suspicious. After a struggle
Continued on Pape Two
ATLANTA, GA., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1912.
Chance Not Yet Free
to Manage Yankees,
Herrmann Declares
Hitch Develops in Deal That Was
to Send Famous Leader
to New York.
CINCINNATI, Dec. 18.—Despite all
reportc to the contrary, the declaration
was made here today by Garry Herr
mann. president of the Cincinnati Reds,
that he has not released Frank Chance,
former Cub manager, to the New Yo-k
Highlanders. Herrmann obtained
Chance through the waiver route.
When Joe Tinker was traded to Cin
cinnati it was reported that the claim
on Chance had been relinquished. This
was strenuously denied by Herrmann
today.
Just what the hitch is in the deal
has not yet developed.
Police Matron Warns
Girls of Tight Dresses
And ‘Trotting* Streets
Three “don'ts” for girls were Issued
today by Mrs. Mary Bohnefeld. police
matron, who has come in contact with
several hundred young women during
the year. She says;
“Don’t trot the streets and make a
spectacle of yourself.
“Don't paint and powder and burden
your head with false hair.
"Don’t w ear . ight, immodest dresses.”
These three faults, Mrs. Bohnefeld de.
dared, have figured in the case of
every girl brought to her notice this
year.
"I have found,” said Mrs. Bohnefeld,
"that the wayward girl, the girl who
will not be controlled by her parents,
who frequents the streets, who paints
and powders and wears great bunches
of false hair and tries to be as fancy
as possible, and who thinks it smart to
wear immodest clothing, is the kind of
girl who finally lands in the police sta
tion. These three faults invariably go
together.”
BOULEVARD PAVING
ONLY A MAKESHIFT,
SAYS CONTRACTOR
At a meeting of property holders on
North BohloVS'rd ‘ last'night G. M In -
grund, president of the Southern Bitu
lithic Company of Nashville, deelaied
that the bituminous macadam on North
Boulevard which has called forth the
denunciation of the property holders
was a mere "makeshift," but is just
what the specifications call for.
He said the fault was not with his
company, but with the people, who had
decided upon a form of paving which
will not stand the wear of heavy traffic.
He also declared that his company
would finish the contract unless pro
hibited by a eouit order, but made a
proposition to take off tne top paving
already laid and replace it witii morel
substantial material, at an additional I
cost.
A committee of property holders will
be appointed to look Into the several
propositions offered for the reconstruc
tion of the street, and to decide upon a
definite plan with the city construction
department and the contractor.
MINISTERS POSTPONE
MACON VICE CAMPAIGN
MACON, GA., Dec. 18.—The minis
ters of Macon did not petition council
again last night for the appointment of
a vice commission, but offered a letter
which stated that they would postpone
this action for a time. Council recently
refused to create a vice commission,
and the ministers gave notice that last
night they would renew the request, it
is believed now that the petition will
be withheld until a new council goes In.
RACING |
RESULTS.
AT JUAREZ.
First —Real Star, 8. first; Rosirls, 8;
Truly, 2-5. Also ran: Ancestors, Roosters,
Mercurlum and Southeart.
Second—Suffragist, 4-5, first; Lotta
Creed. 4-5; Little Marchmont, 7 10. Also
ran: King Stalwart, Ora McGee, Galene
Gale and Sly Lad.
Third —Mlmorloso, 9-10. first; Charles
Goetz, 4-5; Ethel Samson, 3. Also ran: 1
Hugh Gray, Oakland, Free, Just Rail and
Calethumpian.
ENTRIES.
AT JUAREZ.
FIRST —Purse, two year olds. 5 fur
longs: Madeline B. 109, I’aplnea 109,
■Satin Wood 109. Idle Tale 109, Woolen
Dress 109, Amelia B. 109, Earnest H. 109,
Warner 109, Orrick 112, Wheeler 112. Gor
don Russell 112, The Cinder 112, Wej -
eneke 112. Jolly Tar 112.
SECOND —Selling, thre year olds and
up. mile and one-sixteenth: xEI Pato 94,
Lehigh 99. Hughle Quinn 102, Miss Korn
108. Lamberths 108. Rosevale 108, C W.
Kennon 108. Arogonez 108, M. Cambon
108. Evergrain 111. Force 115.
THIRD- Selling, four year olds and up,
« furlongs: Oswald B. 110, Bob Lynch
110. Gelico 110. Hidden Hand 110, Sere
nade 110, Swede Sam 110, Annual Interest
110. Orbed Lad 113.
FOURTH Handicap, all ages, 7 fur
longs: Cross Over 93, Irish Gentleman
100. G. M Miller 110, Ella Bryson 112, In
jury 116. Melton Street 117.
FIFTH- Selling. 4 year olds and up. 6
furlongs: xVenetlan 105, Tim Judge 110.
Golden Agnes 110, David Warfield 110,
Helen Scott 110. Hannls 110. Lookout 110,
i triglnator 110, Louis Descognets 110, Guy
Spencer 110. Ruby Knight 110, Descend
ant 110.
SlXTH—Selling. 3 year olds and up,
mile xrfadle Shapiro 91, xPipe Vision
100. xShooting Spray 103, Orperth 105.
Royal River 105. Flying 105, Rue 105, Les
,ar 108, Highland Chief 108.
xApprentice allowance claimed.
Weather clear; track fast.
HOW MORGAN CONTROLS
COUNTRY, TOLD PROBERS
THE LATEST SONG
ON WALL STREET
; YOU :
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(Try this over to the tune of "Didn't He Ramble'.’”)
Bv HANK.
Once there was a gambling man, a gambler bold was he—
He was the boldest man the world did ever see.
He wandered in the Stock Exchange, and one day bought some
stocks.
And now the pore old gambling man is busy breaking rocks.
• CHORUS:
And didn’t he gamble, ga-a-amble.
Gambled all armin’, in and ont of the town.
And didn't he giimhle, ga-a-a ruble.
He gambled till the brokers cut him down.
Otiee rlfplT was” h' pious man, a pious man was he—
He was the mostest pious man the world did ever see.
He closed up all the gambling joints, but didn’t think it strange
To sell on “shorts,” and curb reports, and lose his pious change.
CHORUS:
And didn’t he scramble. sera-a-amble.
Scrambled all aroun’, in and out of town.
They forced him to scramble, sera-a-amble.
Si-ramble till the brokers cut him down.
LIFER FREED FOR
QUELLINGMUTINY
Giant Negro Who Saved War
den in Convict Uprising Is
Granted Parole.
For quelling a mutiny of negro con
victs in the Sumter county camp three
years ago, and probably saving the life
of Warden Christian, of Americus, Mitt
Hammond, a life term negro prisoner,
sent up from Decatur county for mur
der in 1898, was paroled today by Gov
ernor Brown.
Warden Christian lias fought cease
lessly to have Hammond freed since the
morning the giant black stepped into a
crowd of angry convicts and held them
back while the officer pulled his gun
and put down an incipient mutiny.
Christian says he entered the gates of
the camp one Sunday morning and was
assaulted by a mob of convicts, who
were waiting for him. He says he
learned later that a carefully planned
jail delivery was on the program. H;<
was to be overpowered and perhaps
murdered, and the «0 convicts in the
camp were to scatter over the country
side.
"Hammond, help me,” Christian call
ed, as two convicts pinioned his arms
and grabbed at his gun.
The warden told the governor that
Hammond jumped out of the crowd and
grappled with the prisoners, while the
officer yanked his gun free and covered
the leaders of the uprising.
Hammond’s crime was the slaying of
another negro in a fight. It was as
serted to the chief executive that there
were extenuating circumstances.
THE WEATHER
Fair tonight and Thursday; cold
er. Temperatures: 8 a. m., 57 de
grees; 10 a. m., 59 degrees; 12 noon,
36 degrees; 2 p. m., 59 degrees.
OLD CLUB SILL
THE NEXT TO GO
Demolition of Farmer Home of
Capital City Revives Talk
of Candler Store.
Asa G. Candler, owner of the Candler
building. Commerce hall, the Lowndes
building, the Candler building at Times
square. New York, and a score of other
valuable Atlanta properties, has taken
the first definite step in the improve
ment of his 260 feet of frontage on the
west side of Peachtree street, just north
of Ellis. This move was made today,
and consisted of application to tear
down the old Capital City club property
at tiie northwest comer of Peachtree
and Ellis streets, just across from where
the Winecoff hotel is to be.
W. C. Flournoy, of the wrecking firm
of Denton & Flournoy, 26 1-2 North
Broad street, applied for a permit at
Building Inspector Hays' office. The
cost of tearing down the structure will
be $2,600, and *he job will be done in
about 70 days, or by March 1.
Mr. Candler made announcement of
no definite plans for improving this
property and the adjacent 160 feet, but
he has considered several propositions.
For some time there has been talk
of a giant department store, after the
fashion of Gfmbel Brothers or Wana
maker’s in New York, or Marshall
Field’s in Chicago, and it has been the
talk that such an institution would clus
ter around it such a host of stores and
business houses that the Immediate sec
tion would be completely revolutionised.
There has been other talk about a sky
scraper, but gossip of the department
store lias been much more general.
BELLBOY GETS SSO FOR
FINDING SB,OOO BROOCH
BOSTON, Dec. 18.—Edmund Lynsky,
head bell boy at the Copley Plaza ho
tel, today received a check for SSO as
a reward for finding the SB,OOO brooch
lost by Mrs. Auchincloss, of New York.
TINAL* *
F inancial King of Amer ica W ithEighteen
Associate Institutions, by Interlocking
Directorships, Manages $25,350,000,-
000 of the Nation’s Resources.
Five Institutions Alone Have 341 Directors on
112 Great Corporations With Total Resources
of 22 Billions, the Money Kin? Dominating
All, Money-Trust Probers Told by Expert.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 18.—Philip Scudder, an expert statistician
of New York, told in great detail to the house money trust investigat
ing committee today how through the device of interlocking director
ates, eighteen financial institutions, thirteen of them in New York
city, three in Chicago and two in Boston, controlled a great, portion of
the business and finances of the entire country. These eighteen Insti
tutions. he said, had in all 746 directorships in 1,31 corporations hav
ing total resources or capitalization of $25,325,000,000.
In tho ftgejreijate they held 385
directorships in eleven insurance
companies, 155 directorships in 31
railroads, six directorships in two
express companies, four director
,shins in one steamshin comnanv,
98 directorships in prodneins
corporations end 48 directorships
in nineteen public utility corpora
tions.
A 'ni-qt-nng of
Morgan Widespread.
Tbp table showed, the of
T. P Montan A- Cc> nn ennrmon*
rrntr# 1 of directorates 1r»
street. Tt shown that J. P
TYovfnti Ar Co the P*' st bsnk
nf Vqrk the V«t|nnsl CMtv hnnk
t’n C’ , »nr ? »ntp<’ Trost Comnsnv end the
Vnnkors Comnsnv have d<-
rDrfors 1n 34 berks and trust enmns-
Having’ a total resource of
- 600 and total -
ano- *bqt th«v have 30 directors in ten
Jn e iirarce nomnqnb’F l havlnsr total as
sets -f
transnnrtHtlnn commutes, total capG
tHlDntlnn of 31 7R5.000 000. and a total
of 130.200 miles: f»4 directors
<n 24 ’ravine’ corporations, with a total
capitalisation of S3.ST* 000.000: 25 di
rectors In 12 public iiHlftv corporations
with a total capitalization of $2,150,-
000.000: 1n all 341 directors in 112 cor
porations. having an aggregate re
sources of $22,245,006,000.
■Pour Honcerns
Ramify For.
"It also was shown that Morgan &
Go., the Guarantay Trust Company, the
Bankers Trust Company and the First
National brink together have 89 direc
tors in banks and trust companies, 29
directors in insurance companies, 78
directors In transportation systems, 49
directors In producing and trading cor
porations. 16 directors In public utili
ties corporations, in all 261 directors."
The financial affiliation of the fol
lowing eighteen Institutions were set
forth In detail:
J. P. Morgan & Co.. First National
bank. Guaranty Trust Company, Bank
ers Trust Company, National City
bank. Kuhn, Loeb & Co., National Bank
of Commerce. Hanover National bank,
Astor Trust Company. New York Trust
Company, Blair & Co.. Speyer & Co.,
all of New York; Continental and Com
mercial National hank. First National
bank and Illinois Trust and Savings
bank, all of Chicago; Kidder. Peabody
& Lee, and Lee, Higginson & Co., of
Boston and New York.
WOMAN’S FIGHT FOR
52,000,000.00 ATLANTA
PROPERTY IS BEGUN
Mrs. Eleanor Gunby, of Florida, filed
a suit in superior court today to decide
the titles to Nos. 38 to 43, inclusive,
West Alabama street, this being the
first of a series of “John Doe” suits
growing out of the recently announced
determination of Mrs. Gunby to attempt
recovery of about $2,000,000 worth of
central Atlanta property to which she
claims to be heir.
The suit today was filed by Mrs. Gun
by, as "John Doe,” against C. J. Mc-
Kinney, administrator of the Mary J.
Rucker estate, as "Richard Doe,” and
the property involved is occupied by the
Enterprise Manufacturing Company
and the Gullet Engine Company.
Mrs. Gunby, a daughter of Clark
Howell, Sr., lays claim to valuable
property through the estate of her
grandfather, Nathaniel E. Gardner, on
a title granted in 1860. She asserts
that one C. W. Dill, executor, disposed
of certain properties which he had no
right to dispose of, and these now are
worth about $2,000,000.
2 CENTS EVERYWHERE
Morpan Testifies
Before Probers
WASHINGTON, Dec. 18—With 3. F
Morgan on the stand, the house money
trust Investigating committee suddenly
adjourned at 2:59 p. m. until tomorrow
at. 10:30, Morgan had been testifying'
only nlpeteen minutes when Chairman
Pujo suddenly announced the commit
tee would adjourn. This announcement
was due to th? discovery of the fact
that Mr. Morgan had not produced cer
tain agreements with interstate corpo
rations for which his counting house
acted as fiscal agent.
Morgan was only questioned by Un
termever as to hl« partners in the firm
of .1. P. Morgan A Co.
"Does your New York house do a
banking business?" asked Nntermeyer.
“We try to. We do not clear through
the clearing house. Outside checks are
cleared over our counters.”
"Is there any banking business your
firm does not do?”
"We do not Issue bank notes.”
Receive All Deposits.
"Do you receive deposits of Interstate
corporations?"
"Yes, I suppose so. Some are Inter
state and some are not. We receive de
posits from all classes of corporations.”
Uhtermeyer then produced a state
ment of the amount on deposit in the
Morgan bank by interstate corpora
tions. He asked Mr. Morgan to identi
fy the total.
"I prefer that some one else do that”
said Morgan, "some one who knows
about it. I presume your statement is
correct. Some one of my firm who
knows about these matters will accept
It.”
At this Juncture Richard Lindabury,
counsel for Morgan, said he did not
offer the statement, but he understood
it had been obtained from the public
records by the money trust committee.
He asked Mr. Untermeyer to read it
into the records, which was done.
Refuses Depositors’ Names.
"Does this statement refer to the
source of information?" asked Linda
bury.
“It doet not," replied Untermyer.
Then turning to Morgan, Untermyer
said:
“This statement, Mr. Morgan, does
not give the name of the firms depos
iting with you. I understand that you
do not wish to give the names?"
"I do not,” said Mr. Morgan,
••••••••••••••••••••••••so
SHOW MORGAN RULES*
: NATION’S finances;
• t
• J. P. Morgan & Co. and four as- •
• sociate financial institutions have: •
• 118 directors In 34 banks and •
• trust companies. e
• 30 directors in 10 insurance com- e
e panies. e
• 105 directors in 32 transportation e
o companies. «
o 63 directors in 24 trading corpo. e
e rations. e
• 25 directors in 12 public utilities e
• corporations. e
• A total of 341 directors in 112 e
• corporations having total resources e
• of $22,245,000,000. o
• J. P. Morgan & Co. and 17 asso- e
e ciate financial institutions have e
a 746 directorships in 131 corpora- e
• tions with total resources of $25,- e
• 325,000.000. Among the director- e
a ships are: e
a 325 directors in 11 insurance «
e companies. •
o 155 directors in 31 railroad com- «
• panies. •
e 6 directors in 2 express cOmpa- <
e nies.
e 4 directors in 1 steamship com- ’
a pany. •
•
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