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HIGH OFFICIAL
MAY BE INDICTED
?He Is Said to Be Implicated in
Dynamite "Plant"
Plot.
TO DISCREDIT STRIKERS
Suspect Almost as Prominent in
Woolen World as
Wood.
\\ II.1.1 t M 31. W <><?!>.
B"M'.n. Mast), September 1 ?The pos?
sible indictment by the grand Jury of
nnother official almost as prominent In
the world "f woolen manufacturers ns
>??? lent William M. Wood, of the
Amerli an Wool-n Company, was the
rurnor circulated to-day.
President Wood, whq Is at present
out oh ?5,000 ball. Is Indicted on a
charge of having plotted with others
to have dynamite planted In Lawrence
at the time ..f the great textile work?
ers' strike, when rioting was at its
height. In ot'del t'> 4s t discredit upon
the strikers.
la Poor Shape.
Tuesday morning the head of per?
haps the largest dye agency in this
country, a man rated as a millionaire,
who Is nt present ill with nervous col?
lapse, wUl surrender himself m police
headquarters on a secret Indictment,
warrant charging him with the same,
offense alleged against the American
Wooleti Company president.
Already the Lawrence people in
whose place? of business dynamite was
jecovered by the police* on "anony?
mous, tips" are planhing civil suits for
damages In amounts up tn the thous?
ands If the courts find Wool guilty.
Wood's Life Story.
.The st^ry of the life of William
Wood, head of the American Woolen
Company, at the age of ilfty-one,
reads almost like a fairy tale. It ls(
the btory of a boy born In poverty, the
. ison of a Port ugliest fat h er Who had
i- insumptlon but no money, and who
died before his eldest son had reached
Ills teens.
There Is considerable doubt what the
father's name was Some say It was
Silva; others trink It was Ji-cmtho.
But upon coming to America he took
the name of Wood. Although a poor
man and without health, he deter?
mined to do the best he c,,U!d for his
ton. and the boy's schooling began
??when he was only four years old.
When s.ttil a nuro boy William at
tra ti i the attention of Samuel O.
i i r e, agent for a steamboat company,
who gave him a poMllon as messenger
. It. ..is office.
For three years he worked In the
oflb e, doing clerical work and aa
n.-tlng In the routine work of the su?
perintendent. No detail escaped his
attention, and when he expressed the
. desire to learn the technical end of
the industry, Mr. Pierce transferred
hint to the Inside of the mill, whero
. for three more years ho worked. '
Six years In the mill gave him a
. reputation for ability that led J. A.
Beauvals to offer htm u position tn
his newly formed banking house. Mr.
Beauvals was regarded a? a most
astute financier and young Wood re?
ceived n training that hardly could bo
equaled in that day.
shows Opportunities.
Mr. Wood, while tn the brokerage
\ business, did not give up his hope of
?nmt day going back to the mills,
[ills benefactor, Mr. Pierce, had taught
him enough to prove to him the op
} portunltlos that awaited a young man
jot his energy and ability in tire mill
[hush The opportune rime .came
'w! the reorganization of several
I .. all Blver mills following heavy
money losses. 1
When men were forming r.ombl
?rations of manufacturiea of all kinds
I It occurred to Mr. Whitman, of the
Arlington mill that this would be a
good thing to do In the woolen indus?
try. He began It and Incidentally
took in Mr. Wood and his Washing?
ton mill?only to nnd later on that
Mr. Wood was the head and centre,
and his Arlington mill was loft outside
nltorrether.
From that time on hi? wonderful
business life is well known It was
?crowned When he organized the great
American Woolen company and was
made its active head. He stands alone
'as the foremost textile mill man in
this section of the country.
TAFT TAKEs"MOTOR RIDE
Beverly. Mass , September 1.?Prest
; dent Taft to-day took the first motor
1 ride fit his present vacation. With Mrs.
Taft und Major T I. Rhoades, his per?
sonal aide, he rod.- from Beverly to
Rye Bench. N. 11. to lake luncheon
with .lodge II. C Holilster, of Cin?
cinnati. He returned to Beverly to?
night fori ?linner. The President
traveled more than seventy-tour miles.
He nnd Mrs Tafr attended church here
this mointng. To-night the President
.eent n message of condolence to Ihe
.widow of former Republican! National
Cpmniitteemnn Solomon Luna, of New
Aloxlco.
Touch a
Key of
Any
\StEIN\05Y
and von will immediately perceive
its superiority.
The full, rich mellow tone, com?
bined with it- brilliancy nnd power,
stamps the Slcinway .is the piano
per excellent t.
Send lot our free cata?
logue i>l Stelnways and
other high-grade pianos.
Walter D. Moses
& Co.,
I0.t E. Broad Street.
Oldest Music House In Virginia
and N'ort h Carolina.
HORN AND DRUM
ARE HIS WEAPONS
Stanley Makes Spirited Reply to
to Roosevelt's St. Johns- i
bury Speech.
Henderson, Ky , September 1.?He- j
plying to Colone; Roosevelt's .St. Johns- I
bury, Vt., speech, in which the .Slier- '
man antitrust law arid the Stanley
steel Investigating committee's reeom- j
mcndatlona in regatd thereto were i
criticized, Representative A. O. .Stanley,
chairman of the committee, 'ssued a
lengthy statement here to-night, de?
claring "the Stanley committee holds
no brbf f.,: the Sherman act." and
that "the chairman of the commlttei
has repeatedly s;ild that the .Sherman
(law. of and by Itself, Is not sufficient
to remedy ????.-ting evils;'/
j 'The fact that the law has not been ;
I enforced by a Republican administra?
tion Is. however, no good reason for i
condemning it," continues the st*te. !
nil r?t. "The Sherman act fearlessly i
and capably enforced is u sword. Taft \
has struck only with the scabbard, and
Roosevelt never attacked anything in :
his life except with a horn and bass ;
drum."
For the first time slnre the Sherman j
act was written." says Mr. S'tanley,
''the Stanley committee has propose,!
amendments with teeth In them, j
itoosevelt himself," says the statement,
"recently stamped with his unqualified <
approval" the recommendations which \
[''how he attempts to discredit by bald
assertion devoid of argument."
In further defense of the recotruncr.- |
datlnns of the committee, the state- I
merit says:
"Many of the ablest lawyers of Con- j
grcse served upon the .Stanley commit?
tee With the exception of a s'ngle j
provision \j\ one of the bills the recom?
mendations if the majority w.-rc in?
dorsed by Democrats and Republ'cans
alike.','
In conclusion, speaking of tha reso
1-tions, Mr. .Stanley says: "And what
Is more, they'will not he side-tracked
by the mnchlnntlor.s of George W.
[ lVrklns or silenced by the truculent
and boisterous fulminatlons cf Theo?
dore Itoosevelt."
HOTTEST SEPT. 1
EVER RECORDED
IN RICHMOND
(Continued From First Page.)
battier coubi remain In tho water. It
took seventy-live police to enforce Die
rule.
Wenthrr ItreoriN llroken.
Atlanta. Ga , September I?The hot
weather which has prevailed over the
Ith Atlantic States for several days
to-dny succeeded In breaking se>^rat
records. In this city the tempera?
ture reached 93, the highest of the
year. At Columbia and Charleston.
S. the reading wn?t 93.% and 100,
respectively, the hottest September I
in twenty-five years. Tampa, Fla.,
claimed to be coolest city'in the south?
east, the thermometer standing at 95
or one elegree of the record.
INJURED MAN MAY DIE
Mosen B. Rountrce, Hurt In Auto Ac?
cident, in s,.r|ouii Condition.
Westchester, Pa., ? September 1,?
iloars K. Rountrce, who wns hurt with
five others near here la.-t night In an
automobil,, accident. In which Arthur
>? ood, a Brooklyn business man. was
killed, is In a serious condition. He
is in a hospital here with several ribs
fractured, and phyatcians say one ot
them penetrated the lungs Mrs.
Rountree is injured Internally, and
will bo unable to leave the hospital
for some time.
Two .laughters of the Rounlrees.
KHz .belli and V ictoria, huvo broken
jniuis. and one of them a fractured
limb.
I Mis I.iura Wood, thj least Injurod
I of the party, was taken to her home in
! Brooklyn to-night.
! The party wero on their way to
I Pittsburgh when the automobile tunn?
ed turtle.
Plasa is Inaugurated.
I Guayaquil, Ecuador, September i.?
General l.eonidls Plaza to-day was In?
augurated President of Ecuador. Ho
i retains in office the Cabinet of acting
I President Mlna.
The Universal Endorsement of
POWDER
is shown by the fact that over twenty tons are used
daily. This means that approximately 10,000,000 consum?
ers daily "O. K." Davis Baking Powder for its unequalecl
quality and economy. No other Baking Powder gives
such general satisfaction as to quality and price.
Sold by all good Grocer*. Iniitt on having it*
m, ALL LIES;
GIST ?E ANSWER
TO HIS ENEMIES
(Continued Prom I'lrst Patfe.)
lection .if |ml!ti? .1 is ..-,.?,:!;? nth from
among his oul.Una tea In the pom
bmce. My lctt. r ended as fdllows. *1
have no alternativ.! but to direct his
removal. 1 suppose you wont llko.
ibis, and I am awfully sorry, but I
beg you to bvlllfvcj ti.at if 11 wer?
feasible ior me to uct in tiny ujtnet way
i uo nil on so1; and it it> only because
1 bavu no otner alternative nut i niuat
reuio . v Lunn.' "
Iti-ici* t.? PiirUer'* t Uurue.
Here Colonel ttoosevelt r? piles iv
an a lUslou in the recent Wasmng
ton testimony to Alton B. Parker's
charges In tuoij bj introducing t""
statement he Issued on November I,
In i"i>iy to tills charge, that big
corporations had contributed ituerai
ly 10 til-- Republican campaign tuad
through the solicitation ul Mr. Cor
tetyou. Also. Colonel Roosevelt in?
cludes the lutter he wrote to Jainos
bherinan, now Victi-President, on
October s, IU06, In which he ruvleweul
at length tuu ltoose'yelt-Harrimuu
controversy over U.-J 8260,000 uoiilrl-]
button of tho lato K. 51 liarrlhtan in
19?4. I
This letter, which was published j
shortly after it wan written, contained
correspond*;!' co betweeu Messrs.
ItooseVelt jtid Harrlirian arvl charac-'
teri/.ed Mi. Uarrlman's .statement thai
I.. icli i. luestdd bim to raise $2i".
uOO a-s "a deliberate and wlllf ul . un-!
truth?by tlgnt:, It should be char?
acterized by an even shorter and morel
ugly word.'' it also included tn- letter |
wi itten by Colonel Roosevelt?then j
President?to Mr. Harrtman on October:
14, !'.">?, in wJilcli Colonel Roosevelt
said: "Now. my deaf sir. you and 1
arc practical men." as well as several
other letters bearing closely on tho
Issue Colonel Roosevelt's letter to i
Senator Clupp then continues, as fol- j
lows: '
? Tills letter was written In Mr. Uar?
rlman's lifetime, and neither was con- ;
tradlcted then nor can be contrudlct- j
led how. Mr. l.oeb, my then private I
secretary, heard my conversation with'
.Mr. Harritnan and can testily about
Hit.;: Mr. Uarrlman never even discuss-!
ol with nie giving anything to th
national committee, and I never spok-.
to him nbout It or requested a dollar
from him. lie asked me to lntercedo
with Mr. Bliss and Mr. Cortelyou to
get money for him and Mr. Od-ill In
their State campaign. Mr. Loob heard
him make the roc.?'st. and by my di?
rection trar.smlttc*! the nsiucevt to\
Mr. Bllt-s and Mr. Cortelyou, over the
telephone, as I dl-l myself later.
Only One Illusion.
"Ir. my letters to Mr. Cortelyou
dirlng the campaign the only allu?
sion that 1 can Und to campaign con
trlbutlons Is In one In which I tell
him that I hav.- heard a rumor that
Senator Pick, of Ohio, has be.-n col?
lecting money from officeholders, and
that If so he must ba warned to stop
or he will get into trouble.
"I communicated with Mr Bliss
very Infrequently and never made any
allusion to contributions In any letter
that I wrote him or any conversation
I had with him From Mr Bliss, as
from Mr. Cortt lyotl, I received th?
explicit statement that no promise
had been made and no obligation en?
tered Into directly or Indirectly in
connection wft?i any contribution that
had been received, or would be en?
tered Into In connection with any con?
tribution that might bo received in tho
future.
"I have never dls?u'Aed the question
of contributions with Mr Perkins
save In connection with discussing tha
accusations broucht before your com?
mittee. I have never, directly or In?
directly asked him for a contribu?
tion, and I did not so far as I car. re?
member nsk any human being for a
contribution cither while I was run
nlnc for President or for Vice-pres?
ident or during the recent primary or
since the recent primary.
"Mr. Archbold has alluded to his
visit made a year or so after the elec?
tion, to me In company with Mr.
Rogers. Mr. Rogers and Mr Arch
bold made an appointment to see mo
through Mr. Root, who was then in
my Cabinet. He was not present at
the Interview. Tho subject of cam
THE WEATHER.
Forecast i Virginia?Generally fair
nnd continued warm Monday nnd
Tuesday) liuht south ?lud?.
North Carolina?Generally fair .Mon?
day Mod Tuesday.
Spee-lnl l,ncn| Data for Yesterday.
12 noon temperature . 93
3 P. M. temperature . 93
Maximum temperature up to S
P. M. 36
Minimum temperature up to 8
j P. M. 7 2
Mean temperature . Si
Normal temperature . 75
Excess In temperature . 3
Deficiency in temperature since
I March 1 . 153
Accum, deficiency in temperature
j since January l . 591
j Rain tall last twenty-four hours .Trace
[Deficiency In rainfall s'nee March
I 1 .3.44
Accum, deflc'ency In rainfall since
HJ'J January .3.31
Local Observation 8 P. M. Yesterday.
Temperature . S6
Hum'dlty . 60
I Wind?dir 'ct on . s.
Wind?velocity . 6
weather .Clear
Rainfall last 12 hours.0
CONDITIONS l\ IMPORTANT CITIES.
(At s p. M. Eastern standard Time i
Place. Tuer. H. T. L. T. Weather.
Asheville _ TS 86 6I Clear
Atlanta . S<> 94 70 Clear
Atlantic City 70 7" 68 Cloudy
Boston . 64 68 .'> 1 Rail)
Buffalo . 66 76 66 P. cloudy
Calgary . :.>; eo i2 P cloudy
Charleston ... sc 100 S2 Clear
Chicago . 88 !'l 7s clear
Denver . &'-' 84 &6 P. cloudy
iDuluth . Ia. ."??', .- Cloudy
(Jitlveslon .... &4 !>s 82 P- cloudy
Hullerns . 7* 86 TS Clear
Havre .12 66 14 Clear
Jacksonville . 82 ?s 80 Clear
Kansas City . 30 ?''> Ts Clear
Louisville : ... Sil y 1 7S Clear
Montgomery . ss o i 78 Clear
, Now Orleana , S2 ;>2 SO Clear
New York ... ?i ci 60 Cloudy
I Norfolk . S2 90 74 Clear
Oklahoma _ SS 94 "4 Clear
Pittsburgh ... SI S? 74 Cloudy
Raleigh . 88 78 Clear
gt. Louis. SS 94 76 Cleat
Si. Paul . S2 88, 62 Clear
San Francisco. ?0 6fi 54 Clear
Savannah _ 81 ?6 82 Clear
Spokane .6 a 62 ?? P cloudy
Tampa . 84 94 78 Clear
Washington .. 82 ?o 66 Clear
Winnipeg _ 6? 88 ?(1 p- cloudy
3Vyt?ovUlo sv.;4 86 Vi .Clear. ... .
PRIMES HIMSELF FOR
AN AT IACKON WILSON:
Colonel i eiicves Governor liaa Opened Way for
B ight and He Proposes to Give
it to 1 lim.
Oyster Bay, N. V.. September 1.?-Be
| tore leaving Sagamore Hill to-night I
I ti> start fir .\. w York, wnere hu em-|
! barks to-morrow upon bis ai.\ weeks'I
! tutlr of the West. Colonel Roosevelt
' said thai In la priming his batteries
j lor an attack upon Woodrow Wilson.
i'h< Democratic candidate criticized
Roosevelt 111 his recent speech before
(hi Pennsylvania farmers lor the Col?
onel's tariii utterances.
I Wilson .-, comment mat the 'distribu?
tion of prize money." a term used by
Roosevelt i" convey his idea as to the
theory ot levying tariff for the benefit
or the wage earner, riiount nothing
more than loot tarred on the Col-I
onel's nerves.
The pi'-PresWent Icily observed that i
he would ruplj to the uovernor in his!
coming trip Hi uTIOwed u to be In- !
ferred that he considers the New |
? UoVernoi hai opened the wayj
Alluding to his open u tter to Sen-I
ator ciapp. the Colon.-, remarked that j
he had lrb.-T to discuss every point I
raised In the evldenca of John It.
Archbold and B< natoi Penrdse, re
latiug to Roosevelt's alleged connec?
tion with the Standard oil. ,
"Home questions have been asked
,. . Htr.es." said Roosevelt
wearily, "and 1 have answered them
5,000,000 times. If I've skipped uny
I am uot aware of It,"
The ah- gatton coming from Demo
cratlc national headquarters that
Roosevelt managers accepted flh.aan
from the steel trust In his 11*0 4 cam?
paign caused the Colonel to observe:
"I no.Ver knew of .my money con- i
trlbutcd.to my campaign by the steel
trust; I am satisfied Mr. Carnegie
did not give any money toward my j
? !? ctlori."
The Colonel became Jocular when
' asked about a statement of James
Bovin that the; Spanish-American War
could have been averted If Roose?
velt as Assistant Secretary of the Navy
had not urged President McKinley on.
"Now. I mU;ht as well confess," re?
plied the Colonel, with much sertoua
ncss, "although 1 have hidden tho i
fact a long lime, that 1 am the man
who blow up the Maine. More than
that, by George. I am the man who
Introduced the serpent In tho Garden'
Of Kden."
Jacob Schiffs assertion that he would
yot< l"r Wo?dr?w Wilson, as a vote for
Taft would really help Roosovolt by
weakening the Wilson support, brought
out this from the Colonel:
"It's amusing to hear Mr. Schiff talk,
of voting for Mr. Wilson. Of course,
men of the type of Mr. Schiff will vota
for either T.tft or Wilson. They don't
care much whom they elect so long as
its not myself. They are afraid tho
Progressives will win. and they arc do-,
lug all they can to prevent >L"
Tho Colonel motored Into New York
after dark, to spend the night In town.
He leaves at S o'clock to-morrow for]
Hartford, whore he makes a speech on
his way West. The ex-President goes'
from Hartford to St. Louis, speaking
there on Tuesday. The St. Louis ap?
pearance murks the beginning of tho
longest campaign trip ever undertaken
by the Colonel. The only tour that has
ever beaten Roosevelt's trip as outlin?
ed, both for length of time and dls-!
tancc traveled was that of President
Taft last fall on his swing around tho
circle. Roosevelt "111 be away on this
trip until the middle of October, aftor
which he rests for a few days and then
nalgn contributions was not alluded'
to
Referred Then ??? Gnrflcld.
"Messrs. Archbold und Rogers, tho]
former doing almost all the talking,
stated they had como down In connec- I
tlon with the accusations made against
the Stanard Oil Company regarding ;
??cbatea. I Informed thorn that Mr. I
Garfleld had informed me that he was
about to report very strongly against
the standard Oil Company, on this
matter; and I refered them to Mr.
Uarfleld sugeesdng that they see him
or Mr. 11. K. Smith and 50 over the]
^patter with them bcforo coming to
mei
"Mr. Stbley, then a Congressman
rrom Pennsylvania, called upon me
onr? or tu ice to speak on behalf of \
th? Standard Oil p'-ople. and urged me'
that they were very good men. and
that their accusers were unworthy and
misguided creatures; but he did not]
make any specific request about them
as far as I remember t,or arrange an!
Interview for them. The only rea?
son I remember anything about what
he said was because us he had h?-en a
Populist and as I had supposed that he
was anticorporatlon In his feeling.
I I was a little surprised at his turn?
ing up on behalf of the Standard Oil.
"A couple of years later, when tho
I Department of Justice was taking the
preliminary steps for bringing suit to
dissolve the Standard Oil Com pan v.
Jonathan Bourne on three or four oc?
casions brought Mr Archhold In to
see men. Tho letter-- to Senator
Bourne were written by me after the
h.-st and the last of these interviews,
and explain themselves.
Qtioirs 111, Leiter?,
lows'"** leUels were' ln rart- ?8 fol
M'Sagamore Hill.
?? \t.. ^ " 'Feb. 23. IMS.
?My Dear Senator:
"'As to what you told me the other
evening about the Standard Oil people,
do remember that while any proposals
they make will be considered In an
entirely frank and honorable .spirit
yet these proposHls must be condi?
tioned upon absolute obedience to tho
law, and must be laid in detail before
the Attorney-General and Krank B
, Kellogg hefore It would be possible
for ma to express any opinion upon
them, I know you understand tin.-,
but I want you to be sum that the
Standard Oil people do not misunder?
stand It and do not got the Impres?
sion that It Is by my desire or on my
Initiative that necotlntlons have been
? in-nd into with them by you or by
any one.
?' 'Sin . rely yours,
" -Tili;. ?' ill t: UOi iSF.VF.LT '
" "Oyster Bav, S*. Y..
I "'July 3d. lftOS.
My Dear Senator:
"'In my Judgment It is not only a
waste of time, but inadvisable to try
to carry on the negotiations through
You as intermediary. Let the St?ndard
Oil lawyers, any or all of them as
Mr Archbold or Mr Rockefeller or any?
one else may clmo.se, decide as to the
? ..nr.-e they wish to follow, and then
communicate direct with Mr. Keliogg
or the Attorney-General.
" -Sincerely yours.
' THEODORE ROOSEVELT.'
"Mr Hearst has published much In?
teresting and important correspond?
ence of the Standard oil p<-opie. espe?
cially Mr. Archbold, with various pub?
lic men I have in time past criti?
cized Mr. Hearst, but in this matter he
has rendered a public service of high
Importance, and I hope he will publish
ell the letters deallug with this mat?
ter which he has In his possession.
II Mi. Hearst or anybody else has any
letter from me dialing with Standard
t>U affairs I shall bo delighted to
1 it published; and If any one can
stiegest Hny question as to any letter
1 have ev.-r written or received on tho
eel and will give me the approxl
ito date 1 will at onee try to l?ok
For Infanta and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
Bears tho
Signature of L^Z^t/
-IMS TRADE MARK
? was originated by us in 1??5, and
] ? since that time ta? been the sign
of the best of everything optical.
It is your means of identifying
that which is
"Good for the Eyes"
ms GALE8Klop,icaico
Main and 223 E.
?thStt. Broad St.
it up, and tf i can find It will publish j
"I w'ab to emphasize tho fact that }
lh< testimony of Mr. Archbold and Mr. I
Fenrpso In this matter is an attack J
' :. Mr BUSS, who Is de id. and is also I
unwittingly the severest possible re
! lection on themselves.
Aakcd for So Favor,
?Mr. Klibs never asked me for a
favor of any kino, and all hia public !
?md pr'vate act*,. fco far as 1 had
knowledge of them, were on tho high?
est plan of just und honorable dealing.
Mr. Bliss never even u.-k..d me tnia I
about the Standard Oil Company, and |
never In any way alluded to the stand- |
ard Oil Company to me. I never heard ,
Mr. Archbolo's name mentioned in cou- ?
ni tlon with Mr. Bliss. But a year or ;
so after the election I heard a report
that Mr. Bliss had accepted a contribu?
tion H orn Mr, Hogers, alleging us his |
justification that this was not monoy I
fiom the standard Oil Company, but !
from Mr. Hogers personally, Mr. Hog- |
era being; an old irlcnd and party as?
sociate of his."
Colonel Hoosevelt here quotes a
lengthy extract from an Interview
with Mr. Bi ts on the Harrimun-Koose
velt controversy, published in tho New
York Herald on December -4. 1811,
purporting to have been given by Mr.
Bliss a few months before his death. I
He follows this with a tribute to Mr.
Bliss lor his services to tho party In j
? Irksome, disagreeable and laborious !
! tacks which bring no rewards, bat
which It Is entirely tndlspensiblc to i
have done," and warmly defends his i
i haracter. He then continues:
"Mr. Archbold's testimony can only |
mean that Mr. Archbold had made his!
contribut'lns in the hope of getting
some special conslderat'^n to which,
as a matter of fact, he was not en?
titled, that he believed that tf he had
made tho extra contribution he would
hiv. had this special consideration,
and that Mr. Bliss thought so, too.
A Worse Accusation.
"Mr. Penro.-.- says that he. a mem?
ber of tho National Republican Com?
mittee and a United States tienutor,
advised Mr. Archbobl that It would be
a t..1st.ike for the Standard Oil Com?
pany not to contribute, and if they
did not make liberal contributions they
might Incur hostility In certain ijuar
tcrs. Surely no more extraordinary
testimony was ever submitted by a
United States Senator under the 1m
pr. .-.-ion that he whs test'fylng in his
own behalf. It embodies a far worse
accusation against him than 1 ever
should have dreamed of making.
"This language Is precisely the lan?
guage that might be used by a black?
mailing police otllcer In a big city in
advls'ng tho keeper of a law-breaking
liquor snloon or a gambling house to
contribute liberally because otherwise
he might Incur hostility in certain
? I lartors. It this language were proved
against the policeman he would h? re?
moved from the police force, and as
It Is admitted by the Senator, he should
be remover! from the Hennte.
"In concluding, I wani to say a word
about my connection with Mr. Perkins.
1 have known h!m about fourteen
years. 1 have never in my l'fo. direct?
ly or indirectly; asked him for a con?
tribution, or asked htm to assist me
in any shape or w-ay. He has always
assisted me and hacked me up of
hIS own accord. Cntll utter the state?
ment of Mr. Penrose In the Senat.- 1
never asked him If he had ever con?
tributed to my campaign fund at any
time, although I was morally certain
that he hnd done so.
"During the past fourteen years, as
far as I remember, he has but twice
Spoken to me or any matters in which
he was interested. The first time Was
at the very beginning of our acquaint?
ance, when I was Governor of New
York. He then came to Albany und
protested against my signing a cer?
tain bill for the limitation of the ag
grcgato amount of Insurance that nn
Insurance company could assume. Af?
ter Invest'gation, l came to the oon
cl list on thai his protest wn? Just, and
refused to sanction the bill.
"On tho other occasion he came to
me to ask that I consider the report
of the Bureau of Corporations as well j
as that of the Attorney-General before ,
t.iUIng final action 'n the Harvester
trust matter. On both occasions ho |
came to me simply as hundreds of
other men of every description have
come, to me
"1 hive myself hut once nsked Mr
Perkins for any favor, and that was
for a favor to the public, when I ap- I
pointed him chairman of the palisades i
Park some twelve or thirteen years
ggo, while I was Governor of Now
Y.irk.
"The provisional committee will
gpc< d'ly make public the statement
of the moneys that were collect.-.I and
spent In the primary campaign lust
spring. Since the National Progres?
sive Convention the New York com?
mittee, ns .Indue Hntehklss Informs
me, has spent about $9,000, with Which
the entire State had been Organized.
"It Is no longer legal to accept con?
tributions from corporations.
"Aside from this matter of corpo?
rations, my altitude ns to contribution?,
now Is precisely what my attitude was
in loot, and will hoi he changed. I
I do not draw the line ngainsi size, and I
never shall. The conditions 1 Impose
are. first, that the contributions shall
he received without any kind of prom?
ise or obligation, expressed or Implied;
and second, thst the money shall be
spent in honest fashion and only for
legitimate expenses.
Wants No i.lmit.
"1 have no sympathy with the pro?
posals to llm't the contributions to
IR.noo. or SlO.fiftn, or any other sum.
If tho virtue of a parle Is so fr-itl
that It will weaken if the contribu?
tion Is over $10.000. it will also weaken
if it is under i10,000 It Is mo'-aJiv as
bad to solicit or accept $10 for Im?
proper reasons ns Jio.ono
"To limit contributions to Jifl.noo
The Times-Dispatch
"The Best There Is In Sunday
Reading"
The Deep Sea Adventures
of Mi\ Brutus Grouchins
arc related by Wallace Irwin and are based on the weird
experience? set forth in a strange manuscript in a jam
jar found floating in the Hudson River. "The Three
Men Who Went to Sea in a Bowl" had nothing on Mr.
Grouchins. If the story doesn't make you laugh, it is
because you don't know how.
A Holiday Adventure
Told at the Sign of the Dragon
This is a story of a big American, a great love and a
little revolution. It is one of those pnlsating stories of
sweet pas.sion and fierce hate, of faithfulness and re?
venge, that keep the interest tensely centred until the
great climax. It is a story well worth reading.
The Edgar Jepson Serial Is
Better Than Ever This Week.
Absalom Gomme, the amateur detective with the red
hair, continues his efforts to foil the thieves who are
after "The Gillingham Rubies," and incidentally he falls
in love, with the irresistible story sweeps on to an end
that no reader can foresee. A complete synopsis enables
you to begin this story at any time. It's a corker.
And Then There Is Will F. Griffin's Pretty
Poem, "When the Sun Goes Down"
When you gaze into the far-away jeweled skies, after
the great rod sun goes down, do you wonder, with the
poet, "what lies past (he world's far rim?" Whether you
do or not, you will enjoy the poem. Read it next Sun?
day in the Magazine Section of
The Times-Dispatch
'? mse, a cause rhumplnnfil by the onor
molts majority i>f the nun who can
each contribute to such it sum itnt
we Who fight for the ??nose of th. peo
pie as a whole have onlv a few sup?
porters ?minie the very rich. These
few supporters are, from the nature
of the case. Idealists?men of the kind
who. when their Interests are aroused,
s'lv.? generously and without thought
of personal return.
"I welcome their contributions, when
mafic In such a spirit. I am honored
by their support, nnd receive It as
freely and gladly as it is given.
"I shnll make precisely tho same
return to all who contributed, nnd
that return is to servo the whole
people by striving for social and In?
dustrial Justice."
REFORM IS UNDER WAY
Departments of the. trmy Are. itetnu
Iteorjranlced.
vCnshirtr-ton. September 1.?Reor?
ganization of the quartermasters, com?
missary utirl pay departments of the
army Into a great supply corps headed
by a major-general, as provided for In
tho recently passed army appropriation
net. Is rnpldly taking form. As ten?
tatively outlined the plans provide four
main divisions In the office of the chief
of the corps. These are to lie divisions
?of accounting, supplies, construction
and repair and transportation, ench to
have nn officer at It.-, head, In addition
to these will ho nn jrdmlnlstratlve di?
vision.
It Is expected that Brig adler-Genoral
llendy D. Sharps, head of the Commis?
sary Department, will head the how
supply division, and that Brigadier
General George R, Smith, chief of the
Paymaster's Department, will tako
charge of tho new accounting division,
USURERS REFUND MONEY
Result of fru?nile tiy Philadelphia r>?
Hee Department?
Philadelphia. Pa. September 1-?As
the result of i crusade !>V tTi.% police
department of this city against money
lending concerns that rh trgd exces?
sive interest. $1.11:1 wan refunded dur?
ing the month of August by various
companies to persons wTTo had com
plained of having been overcharged.
Since May I last tho police have col?
lected Jt tM Tft from the alleerr-1
untrer'-, nnd returned It to the bor?
rowers. Fear of prosecution and ex?
posure of their nnmes. the ipoice say.
In Ih.i reason, for the proprietors of
the companies refunding tho money on
demand.
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Head.
?London. September I-?Samuel Col*
rldge-TayJor, the muolc composer, died
UJAtla*, Ho was born in lSsi,
EDDIE FOY DENIES
THAT HE CAN SING
Comedian Halted by Judge
When He Wanted to
Prove It.
New York. September I.?Eddlej Foy,
charged with permitting or forcing hii
small children to sing and perform on
the stage, offered to give a demon?
stration In the Jefferson Market Court
yesterday to prove that ho could not
Hing, but Magistrate Dreen said hj
couldn't stand It. and that anyway
the comedian was not on trial charged
with singing
He was summoned In court while
appearing nt Keith's L'nlon Squaro
Theatre Friday night by Thomas B.
Wat-on, ah agent for the New York
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty;
to Children,
It was nearly noon before his case
was called, when the. man who has
stood before audiences all his lifo
hervousty took his place before .tUo
b, nch. Never was first night stage
fright more apparent, for he. twitched
end shook as If he were on trial for
his lfe tistead of facing a perllml
nary hearing on a technical point in?
volving at th?t most, the canceling
of his license to have his children ap
p,-.ir with him another week before
they go back to s? hdol
The hearing was adjourned until
Wednesday.
RETURN EMPTY HANDED
Detective* Full In Flad ??t;il> the
111.,o.l" mid "l.efty I.mile."
New York. September 1.? Five de?
tectives returned empty-hannled 'to- .
night ;ift"r" following several false
clues up-State as to the whereabowf <
of -Olh the Itlood" and l?ofty LotlTs,"
the two missing gunmen wanted In
the Rosenth&l murder case. The only
real progress of the day was the com?
pletion by the district attorney's of?
fice, of evidence to be submitted to tho
special grand jury which convenes this) ,
week In an effort to obtain Indictment*
'against several high police officials for
j grafl disclosed by the Kosenthal mur
I der.
1 Ii., Tuesday, Justice OolT. of the 3u
1 preni.- Court, will hegin the *xtraor
I diary sittings ordert?! by Governor
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