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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
HAS NO! PUT OIL LETTERS
BEFORE LOBBY PROBERS
LOS ANGELES, Aur. 14.—The following is h letter from Mr.
William Randolph Hears! in reply to a letter sent to him by Con
gressman Clyde H Tavenner asking Mr. Hoarst to put the Stand
ard Oil letters before the Garrett lobby investigation eommittee
in the House of Representatives:
Los Angeles, Cal., Aug. 5, 1912.
Hon. Clyde II. Tavenner, House of Representatives, Washing
ton, I). 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 Mulhall?
I would be very glad to submit again to the Congressional
committee or to any responsible body the Standard Oil let
ters which I 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
espeeially 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, hut
the editors of the magazine with my approval declined to pur
chase or publish the Mulhall documents and confession. 'I he
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 inore^or less
innocent or at least moderate wording of the documents did
not justify the extravagant allegations on which Mulhall based
the 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 tfl
serve the illegitimate interests of criminal trusts.
The editors of the magazine were agreed that we did not
wish to diminish of 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 bo 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 be, 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 1 do not seek to control
* or influence the action of your committee. 1 shall always be
i'*■ adv to submit to any such committee any such information
1 have which can be considered of public interest or impor
tance.
Very sincerely yours,
WILLIAM RANDOLPH IlEARST.
Slayer Freed Under
$5,000 Bonds Raised
By Engineer Friends
W. D. Pnrt.ee, thp 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 engineers, friends of
Partee. Bond was granted by Judge
J. T. Pendleton following application
for ball by Partee. A plea of self-
defense was made.
The killing grew out of remarks
which Jackson was quoted as saving
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 shotolng followed,
Jackson being killed alr-ost instantly.
A number of Pa rice's friends were
at the Tower Thursday morning to
greet him on his release from the
Tower
TO BE OPENED
Factory Men Confer
Over Exhibit Plans
Several Atlanta manufacturers met
at noon Thursday to confer with rep
resentative* 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 Building. Other manufacturers
will meet Friday.
Only two floors of space have been
leased. W. H. Leahy, who is one of
the hardest workers for the exhibit,
states positively that If the entire four
floors are not sold hv Tuesday th'»
plant win ba oalltd 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 & Davie* Building, Edge-
wood avenue and North Pryor street.
Contestants will be supplied in fu
ture with boolus 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
$2.60. The 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 he sold in large number
to regular advertisers who use the
classified columns. The coupons may
be used at any future date.
A number of churchea. secret or
ders and charitable organizations are
ready to enter the contest and sc
rim* that $1,000 In gold or $500 worth
of furniture.
The first grand prize for individuals
is a five-passenger automobile. The
second is a tour to California and
return for two persons, all expenses
paid.
There are five prizes, ranging from
pianos and motorcycles to watches
and diamonds, in each of four classes,
men. women, boys and girls. Every
body has a chance to win.
See the Want Ad Man Friday, get
your hooks and equipment, tell all
your friends you’re, starting out to
win, and get busy. Don't put it off.
BUY TIFTON BUSINESS LOT.
TIFTON.—The first deal In Tifton
business property for several months
was closed this week when J. J.
Golden and Briggs Carson purchased
from H. H. Tift 136 feet front on the
south side of Second street, opposite
Tift County’s handsome new court
house.
Angry Bachelors to
‘Strike’Because of
Tax; Girls With 'Em
8p«clsl Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
REIZ, REUS8. Aug. 14.—A "gen
eral strike” of the eligible bachelor*
I* threatened here to-day because of
the State tax placed on those who
should marry but won’t.
"We men must stand together,” is
the slogan of the 50-odd bachelors*'
associations, organized to oppose th$
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 ptitlon by marriagabie
young women of Reuts begging for
the remission of taxation on the
ground that the Government's action
Is removing their only hope of escap
ing splnsterhood.
Wilson Wedding Is
Set for Next Month
CORNISH. TS\ H., Aug. 14—Miss
Jessio Wilson. President Wilson's
daughter, and Francis B. Sayre will
be married next month, close friends
nay. ,
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.
OPPOSING REFORM THREE YEARS EGO
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 denial >f
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 I cast my votes this way on ac
count of m$ candidacy for the United
States Senate. I wish to say that 1
would have voted just as I 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 th*t has
become a part of this .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 well. I did not discrimi
nate.
“The hue and cry has been to got
the State out of debt, and it occurred
to me that it would be wise to concur
in the Senate amendments and hold
the appropriations down for the next
two years."
Letters Uncovered by Workmen
Between Walls of the Depot
at Decatur.
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.
Remodeling of the Georgia Railroad
depot in Decatur has served to par
tially clear up a series of mail rob
beries three years old.
In 1910, about the time Agnes Scott
College opened for the year, letters
addressed to college officials and stu- j
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 plastt**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.
Farmer Hit by Train
Dies; Friend Hurt
MARIETTA. 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 near
Marietta last night.
One of Latimer’s arms was cut off
and he died this morning. Bens >n
has a broken arm and other serious
bruises. Both horses were instantly
killed and the buegy demolished Ben
son and Latimer 1 were prominent
farmers.
BANKER LEAVES $25,000,000.
PUEBLO. COLO., Aug. 14.—John
A. Thatcher, 77 yenrs old. memVr of
the firm of Thatcher Brother*, pio
neer banker of Pueblo, died to-day.
His fortune is estimated at $25,000,000.
Fate of Prisoner
Hinges on a Bone
CHICAGO, Aug. 14.—If John Grady
can prove thnt he ate roast pork for
his Sunday dinner the Sunday before
his wife disappeared 22 months ago
he will secure his release. He is Ik -
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 th, 1 lur-
n 1 t at th* 1 Grady home, said that It
had every appearance of being i ’veil
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-
ehs-Knoxville concrete highway.
S. H. Thompson, of Athens, is presi
dent of the highway association.
MISSIONARY CONFERENCE.
KATONTON. Representing more
than twenty .societies in the Central As
•ociation, about fifty women are being
entertained in Katonton this week by
the Missiorary Union of the Katonton
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 Interested parties in regard to the
fair situation in this city Mr. Weaver
has held one successful fair here
BRAKEMAN 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 cars of coal
left the track. Puper being crushed
beneath them.
WRIGHTSVILLE
BEACH $9.00
Round trip, August 16 Good 15
days. Make reservations early.
Ticket office, 88 Peachtree. Sea
board.
Southern Suit & Skirt Co.—Atlanta, New York—Southern Suit & Skirt Co.
$2 95 For Choice I All
to $12 i0 Dresses
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 I) E( MSI VE ACT ION IS <) BVIOUS.
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 are dainty figured and striped Voiles, beautiful white
Lingeries and elegant. Ratine and linen dresses
that sold at $7.50 to $12.50—they ALL go to
morrow at choice
neautiiui wmte
$2.95
FORSYTH PLANTER DEAD.
GAINESVILLE —George Eiliott, a
well-to-do planter of '^oreyth County.
i> dead. HU funeral took place Wed
nesday.
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Nervous, Run Down?
Have You Blood Poleon, Kidney,
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IF SO, CONSULT (FREE)
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i cure to at ay
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Prostattc Trouble*.
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- Diseases of Men
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vs i.e • cobrated German
preparation, for Rlood Poison, and
Guarantee results Everything ab
solutely confidential
If you can’t call, write.
Free Consultation and Advice to all
HOURS 'Asm to T p m Sun lay* • to 1.
DR. J. D. HUGHES
Oppos'te Third National Bank,
16 ! N. Broad St.. Atlanta, Ga
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 Ccats
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
READ FOR PROFIT
GEORGIAN WANT ADS
USE FOR RESULTS
New York Dental Offices
28 Vz and 32 Vz PEACHTREE STREET
Over the Bonita Theater and Zakas’ Bakery
Gold Crowns - $3.00
Bridge Work - $4.00
|Good Set Teeth - $5.00
All Other Work at Reasonable Prices
Dr. W. J. Harper LADY ATTENDANT
•5 5-
Rich’s Economy Basement ;
White Canvas Pumps ;
One-Straps
and
Lace Oxfords
I $2.50 and $3
J values on
% special sale
for
65c, 85c and 95c
For $1 to $1.75 3}
■T «
E Slippers For Children f
if White Canvas, Fatent andt^
J Gunmetal represented.
| Sizes 5 to 8, $1
J values vdv:
3 si
3 Sizes 8 to 11, fit.;
-if $1.25 values OwC ;
r» . £
5 Sizes 11 to 2,
3 $1.75 values ...
RICH’S [
95ci
Economy Basement 3:
CHAMBERLIN-JOHNSON-DuBOSE CO.
ATLANTA NEW YORK PARIS
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.
Here 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 clearaways.
• 1
98
*a yd.
For $1.50 to $3.50 Flouncings
45-inch embroidery flouncings
of linens and voiles. Those of
linen are in light bine, delft blue,
lavender and white with lavender
and gray designs.
The voiles are all white.
At 98c a yard, the average
saving is much more than half!
Choose from a number of
patterns that you will like—blind
and eyelet.
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, women will buy them for
next season.
Agents for Butterick Patterns and Publications *
Chamberlin-Johnson-DuBose Co.