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4 6 HUS NOT PUT OIL LETTERS L LOS ANGELES, Aug. 14.—Tho following is a letter from Mr. William Randolph Iloarst in reply to a letter sent to him by Con gressman Clyde 11. Tavenner asking Mr. llearst to put the Stand ard Oil letters before the Garrett lobby investigation committee in the House of Representatives: Los Angeles, Cal., Aug. 5, 1313. lion. Clyde II. Tavenner, House of Representatives, Washing ton, D. C. My Dear Sir: Did you write me a letter and make the letter public, ask ing me to submit all the Standard Oil letters that I have in my possession to the House committee now investigating the charges of lobbying made by a certain MulhallT I would be very glad to submit again to the Congressional committee or to any responsible body the Standard Oil let ters which 1 have already submitted many times to the public and to bodies which more or less accurately and sincerely represent the public. I would prefer, however, not to submit these Standard Oil letters in connection with the Mulhall letters and charges for the simple reason that the Standard Oil letters are very important to the nation, very serious in their incriminations and wholly authoritative and genuine, while the Mulhall let ters- and documentary evidence have never appeared to me especially important or serious or genuine. The Mulhall letters and charges were offered to one of my magazines, the one that published the Standard Oil letters, but the editors of the magazine with my approval declined to pur chase or publish the Midhall documents and confession. The reason we did not purchase the Mulhall letters was not at all because of the price. That question was not even considered. The reason we failed to purchase them was because we had not full confidence in them. We felt that the more or less innocent or at least moderate wording of the documents did not justify the extravagant allegations on which Mulhall based tbe documents, and we felt if that any part of Mulhall’s evi dence or testimony was untrue that all of it was open to sus picion. Furthermore, our magazine had just performed what we had every right and reason to believe a great public service. We had performed this service with the utmost sincerity and consciousness and with the most scrupulous care. We had exposed the corrupting influence of privilege- seeking corporations in politics. We had revealed the con nection between these corrupt corporations and certain im portant public officials who were supposed to represent the people in office, but who in reality, prostituted their offices to serve the illegitimate interests of criminal trusts. The editors of the magazine were agreed Hint we did not wish to diminish or discredit the effect of these genuine reve lations by the publication of Mulhall’s letters, which seemed to us less serious and sincere. The Standard Oil letters can not be denied, because there always have been additional documents to disprove every de nial made to confuse and confound every falsifier. We did not wish our magazine to associate a great public service and a vital political exposure like this with an extrava gant series of exaggerated accusations, as the Mulhall confes sions appeared to us to bo, and I would rather not associate the genuine with the questionable at your Congressional in vestigation. Of course, I am expressing only my preference. I can control the course of my magazine, but I do not seek to control or influence tho action of your committee. 1 shall always be i—ady to submit to any such committee any such information 1 have which can be considered of ptiblic interest or impor tance. Very sincerely yours, WILLIAM RANDOLPH 11EARST. Slayer Freed Under $5,000 Bonds Raised By Engineer Friends W. D Partee, the Georgia Railroad engineer who killed another engineer, Sam Jackson, a short while ago, was released from the Tower Thursday morning under a $5,000 bond, furnished by a number of engineer.-, friends of Partee Rond was granted by Judge J. T. Pendleton following application for bail by Partee. A plea of self- defense was made. The killing grew out of remarks which Jackson was quoted an saying about Partee being familiar with an other engineer's wife. Her husband went to Partee and the two of them started in search of Jackson. They met near the Georgia Railroad round house and the shotoing followed, | Jackson being killed almost instantly. A number of Partee’s friends were at the Tower Thursday morning to greet him on his release from the Tower. Factory Men Confer Over Exhibit Plans Several Atlanta manufacturers met at noon Thursday to confer with rep resentatives of the Chamber of Com merce in regard to space In the pro posed permanent manufacturers’ ex hibit in the new Chamber of Com merce Rulldlng. Other manufacturers will meet Friday. Only two floors of space have been leased. W. H. Leahy, who is one of j the hardest workers for the exhibit, states positively that if the entire four floors are not sold by Tuesday the plans will be called off and the space allotted to the exhibit will be convert ed into offices. Dr. Wiley Comes Out for Suffrage WASHINGTON, Aug. 14.—The Na tional Council of Women Voters was in charge of the demonstration at the Capitol to-day, which took the form of a hearing before the House Rules Committee. The suffragists urged the Representatives to form a special committee on woman suffrage, as the Senate had done, and assist the cause of votes for women. Dr. Harvey W. Wiley, formerly chief of the Bureau of Chemistry, Depart ment of Agriculture, told the commit tee and his suffragist auditors that he favors woman suffrage. Friday the Day When Every Con testant Gets Busy—Coupon Books To Be Big Aid. The Want Ad contest will open formally to-morrow. August 15. Com plete rules governing contestants will be published Sunday, and the race is expected to open up in great shape. If you are thinking of entering for yourself or for your church, lodge or other organization, see the Want Ad Man Friday, on the fourth floor of the Foote & Davies Building, Edge- wood avenue and North Pryor street. Contestants will be supplied in fu ture with books of# coupons calling for want ads, which will greatly as sist them in gaining votes. A book calling for $2.75 worth of want ads will be sold advertisers for $2.50. Tho sale will give the con testant 4,000 votes. A book calling for $5.75 worth of want ads will be sold for $5.00. The sale will give the contestant 10,000 votes. Books can lie sold in large number to regular advertisers who use the classified column*. The coupons may be used at any future date. A number of churches^ secret or ders and charitable organizations are ready to enter the contest and se cure that $1,000 in gold oi\ $500 worth of furniture. The first grand prize for individuals is a live-passenger automobile. The second is a tour to California and return for two persons, all expenses pa I d. There are five prizes, ranging from pianos and motorcycles to watches and diamonds, In each of four classes, men, women, boys and girls. Every body has a chance to win. See the Want Ad Man Friday, get your books and equipment, tell all your friends you're starting out to win, and get busy. Don't put It off. Angry Bachelors to ‘Strike’Because of Tax; Girls With ’Em Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. REIZ, REUSS. Aug. 14.—A “gen eral strike” of the eligible bachelor* ii threatened here to-day because of the State tax placed on those who should marry but won’t. * "We men must stand together,” is the slognn of the 50-odd bachelor^ associations, organized to oppose the laying of the tax. And the girls, most of them, are with the men, declaring they are perfectly capable of looking after the selecting of a life partner. The latest development Is th prepa ration of a ptition by marriagable young women of Reues begging for the remission of taxation on t\e ground that the Government’s action is removing their only hope of escap ing spinsterhood. Wilson Wedding Is Set for Next Month CORNISH. N, H., Aug. 14—Miss Jessie Wilson, President Wilson’s daughter, and Francis B. Sayre will be married next month, close friends pay. Invitations will be out very soon. Mr. Sayre has been offered a position In the faculty of a university.. He and his fiancee wish to wed and to enjoy a honeymoon before he assumes his duties as lecturer. It is whispered, too, that the mar riage will be solemnized in an Epis copal church, of which Mr. Sayre is a member. , OFPGSIKG REFORM THREE TEARS (GO Voted Against Tax Bill Out of Hate for “Spy System,” Not to Aid Candidacy, He Says. Ralph O. Cochran, member of the Georgia Legislature and candidate for United States Senator, in a state ment issued Thursday made dental of the 'accusations hedeclared appeared In a morning newspaper concerning his attitude toward school appropria tions* and tax equalization. "The feature that I regret.” the statement declares, “is the insinuation that 1 cast my votes this way on ac count of my candidacy for the United States Senate. I wish to say that I would have voted just as 1 have done. “The assertion that I opposed equalization in all the forms In which it has been presented is not true. I have uniformly been opposed to the State board and spy system that has become a part of this t aw. And when I voted for a 7 per cent reduction on the appropriations for the University of Georgia and the Technological School, my vote was for the same re duction in the common school fund of the State as w’ell. I did not discrimi nate. “The hue and cry has been to get the State out of debt, and it occurred to me that it would be wise to concur in the Senate amendments and hold tRe appropriations down for the next two years." BUY TIFTON BUSINESS LOT. TIPTON.—The first deal In Tifton business property for several months was closed this week when J. J. Golden and Briggs Carson purchased from H. H. Tift 136 feet front on the south side of Second street, opposite Tift County’s handsome new court house. Farmer Hit by Train Dies; Friend Hurt MARIPTTA. Aug. 14.—Train No. 92 on the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway struck a buggy containing Milt Latimer and Em mett Benson at a grade crossing neir Marietta last night. One of Latimer’s arms was cut off and he died this morning. Bens m has a broken aYm and other serious bruises. Both horses were instantly killed and the buegy demolished Ben son and Latimer were prominent farmers. Letters Uncovered by Workmen Between Walls of the Depot at Decatur. Remodeling of the Georgia Railroad depot in Decatur has served to par tially clear up a series of mall rob beries three years old. In 1910, about the time Agnes Rc<rtt College opened for the year, letters addressed t<$ college officials and stu dents and citizens of Decatur began to disappear. Some of them con tained checks and money orders, and complaints by the hundred were filed Postofflce inspectors worked, but could find no clew, and the investiga tion was finally given up as hope less. But the other day workmen at the depot found all the missing letters stacked behind the plost^ing. A hole large enough to admit a man’s hand was found. Through this hole the letters had been placed between the plastering and the outer wall. Some of the letters still contained checks. The letters had all been opened. Mrs. Kirkpatrick, the postmaster, is now engaged in forwarding the long-delayed letters to the addressees. Dr. W. J. Harper New York Dental Offices 28 Z 2 and 32 V» PEACHTREE STREET Over the Bonita Theater and Zakas’ Bakary Gold Crowns - $3.00 Bridge Work - $4.00 Good Set Teeth - $5.00 All Other Work at Reasonable Prices LADY ATTENDANT |VY 1817 BANKER LEAVES $25,000,000. PUEBLO. COLO., Aug. 14.—John A. Thatcher, 77 years old. memVr of the firm of Thatcher Brothers, pio neer banker of Pueblo, died to-day. His fortune is estimated at $25,000,000. She is writing a note of explanation to accompany each letter. The theory has been advanced that the letters were taken by some rail way mail clerk and handed out to a trusted confederate In Decatur, who would extract what money and ne gotiable paper he would find and then place the letters In hiding be hind the plastering In the depot. There is no clew to the guilty par ties. ivYYWi vi vvvaYYfivYiYaivYf mYiYvi 'irrj. I I Rich’s Economy Basement f- ; White Canvas Pumps | » C 1 : One-Straps -5 and j Lace Oxfords jj $2.50 and $3 £ values on % special sale ^ for 1$ 1 1 65c, 85c and 95c For $1 to $1.75 E : a: m ? I : Slippers For Children jj' ; s White Canvas, Patent and 5- if Gunmetal represented. | Sizes 5 to 8, $1 : values Oww : ; as ■«* r Sizes 8 to 11, 3 $1.25 values Oww : m 'I Sizes 11 to 2, j| $1.75 values .... j RICH’S if Economy Basement CHAMBERLIN-JOHNSON-DuBOSE CO. ATLANTA NEW YORK PARIS # Southern Suit & Skirt Co.—Atlanta, Neu) York—Southern Suit & Skirt Co. For Choice I All Dresses Fate of Prisoner Hinges on a Bone CfilUAGO, Aug. 14 If John Grudy can prove that he ate roast pork for his Sunday dinner the Sunday before his wife disappeared 22 months ago, he w ill secure his release. He is he - ing held on a charge of murdering his wife. Professor George A. Dorsey, of the University of Chicago, after an exam ination of the bone found in the tur- nacu at the Grady home, said that it had every’ appearance of being x well picked rib of a pig. The police be lieved the bone to be a piece of Mrs. Grady’s skull. BOOST CONCRETE HIGHWAY. CHATTANOOGA, Aug. 14.—More than 200 good roads advocates from all counties between Knoxville and this city gathered here to-day to per fect plans for the Chattanooga-Ath ens- Knoxville concrete hfighwa> 8. H. Thompson, of Athens, is presi dent of the highway association. MISSIONARY CONFERENCE. EATONTON. — Representing morel than twenty aocleties in th# Central As sociaiion. about fifty women are being entertained in Eatonton this week by the Miaslorary Union of the Eatonton Baptist Church. The conference opened Wednesday morning and will close to night PLANS COLUMBUS FAIR. COLUMBUS—E. W. Weaver, of At lanta, a promoter of fairs and carni vals. has been to Columbus conferring with interest* <1 parties in regard t > the fair situation In this city Mr Weaver 1 as held one successful fair here. FORSYTH PLANTER DEAD. GAINESVILLE—George Eliott, a ^ell-to-do planter of r orsyth County. ‘ “ d. His funeral took place Wed nesday. i brakemaKi killed in wreck. CHATTANOOGA, Aug. 14. -Fran cis Puper, of Knoxville, a brakeman on the Southern Railway, was killed last night by a train derailment near Athens. Tenn. Fifteen tars of coal left the track, Puper being crushed beneath them. WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH $9.00 I Round trip, August 16. Good 15 days. Make reservations early. Ticket office, 88 Peachtree. Sea board. Are You Sick, Diseased, Nervous, Run Down? Have You Blood Poison, Kldnsy, Bladder and Urinary Troubles? IF SO, CONSULT (FREE) Dr Hughes. Atlanta’s Long Estab lished, Most Reliable Specialist, I cure u» «i*t cured NKUVTC, BLOOD ami Pkln Dlaraara. STRICTURE. Prmtaflr Troubles. VARICOCELE. HYDROCELE. Kidney, Bladder amt t’rtriary DtOMMa. Fllw and All Chronic and Private Dtecaara of M«g and Woman. ot>. t..e celebrated German preparation for Blood Pot*on, and Guarantee results. Everything ab solutely confidential If you can’t call, write. Free Consultation and Advice to all HOVKS 9 a. m to 7 p m Sunday*. H to 1 DR. J. D. HUGHES Oppos te Third National Bank. 1C ^ N. Broad St.. Atlanta, Ga. Positively No Exchanges, No C. 0. D. Orders, No Approvals Never before has this store faced such unusual conditions! With large summer stocks still on hand—remodeling going on rapidly—new goods arriving daily—the necessity for QUICK AND DECISIVE ACTION IS OBVIOUS. Every summer garment MUST GO at a PRICE! The price asked for choice of these lovely, high-grade dresses—just 540 of them left—would not pay for either the materials or making. There art* dainty figured and striped Voiles, beautiful white Lingeries and elegant Ratine and linen dresses that sold at $7.->0 to $12.50—they ALL go to morrow at choice Deautirui white $2.95 I I J Life* Choice of any Ratine or Linen Suit that sold at $12.50 to $16.50.. .. $4.95 Choice of Any Lingerie Dress that sold at $25 to $35 $12.50 Choice of Wash Dresses that sold at $4 to $6.50 $1.50 250 Charming Novelty Ratine Gcats that sold at $6.00, choice. ........ $1.98 Choice of any Ladies’ Motor Coat that sold at $10 to $12.50 $4.95 Southern Suit & Skirt Co. "Atlanta's Exclusive Women's Apparel Store’—43-45 Whitehall Street a yard For Embroideries That Were $2.50, $3.00, $3.50 and $4.00 Ratines, Crepes, Voiles and Linens in White and Colors. The Sale Starts at Nine o’Clock By way of advice---based upon our knowledge of the real worth and the beauty of the embroideries in volved in this reduction sale—see these embroideries. Whether you feel the need of another such dress now or not„ you will at one time or another and it is safe to venture that when that time arrives there will be no such flouncings at anything like this price. 1 lore is what you may choose from— 45-inch flouncings of crepe and voile in light blue, delft blue, lavender, pink and white. These were $2.50 to $3.50 a yard. 45-inch flouncings of ratine in pink, light blue, rose, lavender and tan. These were $4.50 a yard. 45-inch all-over embroideries of linen in pink, brown, green, blue, tan, wistaria and lavender. These were $3.00 to $4.00 a yard. 45-inch eyelet all-over embroideries in white. These were $3.00 a yard. All of these are fine imported materials, all rich patterns, floral sprays, bordered effects, rich and elegant in every respect. It is an unusual occurrence when such embroideries are marked at $1.50 a yard and an unusual opportunity—even as opportuni ties go in Chamberlin-Johnson-DuBose Co.’s elearaways. READ FOR PROFIT GEORGIAN WANT ADS \ USE FOR RESULTS ^ yd. For $1.50 to $3.50 Flouncings 45-inch embroidery flouncings of linens and voiles. Those of linen are in light blue, delft blue, lavender and white with lavender and gray designs. The voiles are all white. At 98c a yard, the ax T erage saving is much more than half! Choose from a number of patterns that you will like—blind and evelet. Half-Price For the Finest imported Embroideries These are the “de luxe” embroideries, 45 inches wide, with bands to match, that were $3.50 to $13.50 a yard. Sheer French voiles and batistes embroidered in the most intricate and wonderful designs— many lace combinations. White and white with colors. And now that they are half- price, woiften will buy them for next season. Agents for Butterick Patterns and Publications ' Chamberlin-Johnson-DuBose Co.