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js i' 1 OIL TRUST'S HEAD DECLARES HE GAl E $100,000 IN 19 04 Asserts Money Was Paid Treasurer Bliss Ten Ten Thousand Dollar Bills and .1 That Roosevelt Knew. ASSERTS ROOSEVELT ASKED Washintgon, 1J. C.— Swinging paign 'sharply from a defense of Senator move Boise Penrose of Pennsylvania, to a vigorous attack on Colonel Koosevelt, tlu* active head of Standard Oil Co., John L. Archbold, today, told the Senate investigating committee that iStandard Oil money helped to elect Koosevelt in 1 904. Then he charged that, because the second contribution was refused, Koosevelt instigated 'the most out rageous prosecution against the oil trust." Archbold said tlie Standard Oil company contributed $100,011(1 to •Cornelius X. Bliss, Treasurer of the republican national committee in 1H04 for the national campaign, and also gave Senator Penrose $2.",000 to help carry Pennsylvania. He swore that Koosevelt and Cortelyou, of the •republican committee both knew of and "gratefully accepted" this trust money. Two Hours on Stand. For more than two hours Archbold perspired in a grilling inquisition. Senator Clapp, chairman of the in vestigating committee, and Senators Pomerene and Penrose were the chief examiners. Archbold was unshaken in any im portant detail in the three times that, he was forced to repeat his story. This afternoon Senator Penrose was expected to follow Archbold on tlie witness stand. Archbold was called here today from New York just before sailing tor Europe. Arclihold's entire story supported the dramatic statement by Penrose late Wednesday in the senate. The Standard Oil head backed up every material charge by Penrose. New York City.—Charging Senator Penrose with deliberate falsehood, Col. Roosevelt issued a statement im mediately on his return to the Out look office today from Wilkesbarre, as follows: "Senator Penrose would do well to attribute to others the baseness that actuates himself. The statement that Mr. Perkin's underwrote the primary campaign fund for $",000,000 or any other fund remotely resembling it, is the deliberate falsehood he knows it to be when lie makes it. 'The statement that letters- and telegrams to Cortelyou were written tor the purpose of going into the record and were not genuine and were not accepted by Cortelyou as genuine, is a wilful and deliberate falsehood, which Penrose knows it to be when he makes it. Until Penrose spoke the other day, I had never heard of Archbold's name in connec tion with any contribution. Penrose's attitude in this matter symbolizes hi--, habitual attitude, which has finally brought hint to disaster in Pennsylvania, for he has never been able to und-ertsand that other men are not actuated by his own incurable baseness of soul. Wrote Twice, Wired Once. "My first letter, written as soon as 1 heard a rumor that the Standard Oil people had contributed, explicit and unequivocal in its terms, was written on October 24, 1904. My second letter, if possible, even more emphatic, was written October 27th. Not hearing from these letters, 1 wired October 29. 1 then received from Cortelyou the positive assurance that my wishes would be complied with and that no contribution from the Standard Oil people had been or would be received. "If any such contribution was re ceived it was not only without, my knowledge but against my emphatic direction. These letters speak for themselves. They went into records COMPANY TO GIVE MORE Because of Refusal, Declares Roosevelt Persecuted Trust, Roosevelt Charges Conspiracy of Archbold and Reactionaries to Blacken His Name (ill i) 1). Arflibolcl of lie Standard Oil Company, testified lie lore the Senate investigating committee today that lie gave treasur er llliss $100,000 in ten thousand dollar hills lor Koosevelt IOOI campaign, when tliey were alone in his ottice. Archbold swears tlial llliss was given the contribution utter he hal insisted that Koosevelt should he informed of it. Koosevelt issues a statement in New Vork charging Senator I'enrose with a deliberate and knowing falsehood. Penrose in the Senate asks the Senate committee to examine William Rockefeller. Archhold says he has the original telegrams from William Plimi of Pittsburgh, asking aid in his contest for the I'nited States Senatorship. The t'ommittee grills Archbold for two hours, mak ing him repeat his story three times. Archhold says Koosevelt "out rageously persecuted the Oil Trust because Archhold and Rogers refused a request of $130,000 additional from the Staudard Oil Company. Koosevelt charges that I'enrose, Archhold ami the reaction ary democrats are in a league to assail him. in in 1904 was "a questionable anl that Koosevelt-Penrose controversy is a ilubble that indicates the need of a thorough dredging, Thomas P. (lore, the blind enator from Oklahoma, today said that the disclosure-.-, in the Archbol.l-Penrose Koosevelt controversy will result in the election of Woodrow Wilson. Metis Has His l-'ling. Terre Haute, Ind.—"To hold that Roosevelt did not know who was contributing to his campaign funds in amounts of a $loo,uui!, to as sume that Koosevelt is the most uii suphisicated novice in politics in America, and is a joke not to he taken seriously," declared Kugene V. Debs this afternoon. Archhold Asked to Talk. Washington, D. C.—John I). Arch bold, of the Standard Oil company, was expected to appear at 9::«0 o' clock this morning before the sub committee of the Senate investigating campaign contributions. The announcement that he would appear followed a day of bitter recri mination on the floor of the Senate devoted to an effort to show that for mer President Roosevelt knew that funds contributed by great corpora tions were used to help elect him in 1904. I Tiie atack on former President I Roosevelt yesterday originated in a colloquy between Senator Reed, of Missouri, a democrat, and Senator EJoise Penrose, of Pennsylvania, who presented a re--olution demanding an investigation of the circumstances set forth in his statements before the Senate yesterday in which he charged that $100,000 of the Standard Oil money went into the 1904 campaign fund with President Roosevelt's knowledge. Senators Penrose, Reed and Wil liams each attacked Col. Koosevelt and Senator Poindexter, of Wash ington, a supporter of tlie new pro gressive party, came to lhe defense. Senator Poindexter charged that a combination of "regular republicans" atid democrats was at work to de fame Col. Roosevelt. Clapp Takes l^ead. Thp decision to summon Mr. Arch bold at once was made by Senator Clapp early in the day before the in terrogation of Senator Penrose by Senator Reed began. He got. into com munication with Mr. Archbold in New York by long distance telephone and the Standard Oil oflieial agreed to ap pear. Senator Pomerene, of Ohio, was designated to sit as a democratic member of the special committee un til the return of Senator Lea or Sen ator Paynter. The debate between Senators Reed and Penrose was marked by the rug gedness with which the latter replied to Senator Reed's questions. Early in the afternoon the two senators, with Senator Smith, of Maryland, had held a short conference in one of the rooms adjoining the Senate chamber. Senator Penrose, in answer to questions from Senator Reed, de clared that "according to his infor mation," C'oi. Roosevelt knew that $100,000 of Standard Oil money had been received in 1904 before he wrote a letter directing that any Standard Oil contributions be return ed. of course, but they went into the Chicago.—Railroad and Tmmigra records because they were genuine.: because I received assurances that|t!on officials estimate that 30,000 they were accepted in the spirit in 1 which I wrote them and action was the Northwest harvest fileds within taken accordingly. the next week. It is c'eclarea North "No man can honestly misunder- Dakota will need 23,000, Minnesota stand these letters and no man. who C,000 and Montana 2 000. is not a dis-honest man can put any Winnipeg, Canada.—A serious interpretation upon them than that short.gae of farm laborers is being upon their face." eperienced all over western Canada. Says Wilson Will Gain. I Wages are now higher than ever be Chiciigo.—Declaring the appoint-' fore. Transportation companies ad merit of George B. Cortelyou aslmit they cannot get enough men for rat,,.hHf*Bti nattnnfli c»m- the demand. A new element was injected into the political imbroglio when Senator Penrose sugested to Senator Reed: "There has come to my notice quite a lot of information leading to the thought that some $3,000,000 was underwritten by George W. Perkins and his associates to nominate Mr. Roosevelt for the presidency of the regular republican party in the pre sent campaign for their own personal uses. Evidence regarding this matter will be submitted to the proper Sen ate committee for consideration. The ultimate object of this enormous fund was the control of the republi can party in the interests of the ele ment represented by Mr. Perkins." laborers will be ^ent from Chicago to LA F0LLETTE CALLS ON ROOSEVELT 10 TELL ABOUT FUNO Wants to [Know Who Financed Pre-Con vention Fight SUSPECTS TRUSTS vVisconsin Senator Says Such Gifts Are Made Only for Business Reasons Madison, Wis.—A direct charge to Col. Roosevelt to make a "Confession of Faith" and a "Clean breast of the financing" of his pre-cotivention campaign is made by Senator LaFol lette in his magazine today. Quoting front Roosevelt's "Con fession of Kaitli" tliat there should be publicity of contributions during campaigns, LaFollette declares in reference to Roosevelt's convention campaign: "The public knows he spent an enormous amount of money and that in the campaign in Ohio alone, .$300, "ii was expended to secure delegates i-,: him. "It is generally believed all such money was iu large part the unlaw ful spoins of trusts which thrived by special favor at the expense of the people under the Roosevelt adminis tration. "Campaign contributions of such magnitude are made only by those having big interests to serve. They are practical business men, and ex pect big favors in return," LaFollette says. The Wisconsin Senator declares that when the expenditures in Roose vent's preconvent ion campaign "be came so glaringly conspicuous, Roosevelt was invited to make a statement as to these contributions, but did not respond." 'Tntil he makes a clean breast of the financing of his last campaign," the editorial concludes, "his Chicago declaration for publicity of contribu tions in campaigns is an insult to public intelligence." Dixon Answers IjiiFollette's (Ques tion. Chicago.—United State Senator Joseph -M. Dixon, director of the progressive campaign, last night is sued a statement in which he de clared that the campaign expenses of the progressives before the republi fan national convention amounted to less than $1 liu.nofi. iSenalcr Dixon said that. the amount of money spent by the pro gressive organization from its Wash ington bureau during that period had been grossly exaggerate.1. "I read these stories about our ex penses during the primary campaign with considerable amusement at first." said Senator Dixon. knew they had been given circulaiton by the republican organization but treated them as a joke until 1 dis covered that certain editorial writers were using these false report?: as the basis for some of their writing. Outside of the money contributed by lucal leaders in Ohio. Pennsyl vania, Illinois and Massachusetts for the primary campaign in these four states, the entire Koosevelt prc-con vcntion campaign cos# less than $li o,tiOo. 1 think $ 1 r.Ti,noo woul 1 he a better figure for the total. The Massachusetts progressive leaders handled their own campaign. The same was true to a greater or less extent in the other states mentioned. However, we furnished speakers and literature. "Of this total of less than $100, 000 that we spent, more than $50, 000 was expended in the printing and distribution of literature and for the running expenses of our Washington bureau. This covers everything out side of what was expendel by the local committers- in the states al ready mentioned. $IOO Sent, to South Dakota. "I put just $100 in to the South Dakota primary campaign. The total sum expended in the Nebraska cam paign was $700. "This does not include the ex penses of special trains for Col. Roosevelt, which were paid for from another fund. "Merely to show how ridiculous were the claims in this connection, 1 wish to relate this instance: At one time 1 went to the capitol one Sat urday and drew on my personal salary account as a senator to get sufficient money to pay tlie salaries of our stenographers in the Washing ton bureau for 'hat week. "An uncle of Giltoid Pinchot who is in 'Europe made the largest indi vidual contribution to the pre-con vention Roosevelt campaign fund. We did not get a single dollar for this fund front any corporation. All con tributions were made by individuals. "Less than $20,000 was spent in Illinois during the primary cam paign. Of this sum $1 7,000 was spent for automobiles to get farmers to the polls at a time when they were loathe to leave their fields. "1 consider that instead of having been a lavishly financed the pre-convention Roosevelt cam paign was one of the most economical ever executed in the I'nited States." Senator Dixon last night sent to 'Washington for the book?: showing receipts and disbursements of the bureau, which he operated previously to the republican national convention. He said he would make the list of contributions public as s-oon as these books reached Chi cago. Halberl, slate Hull Moose leader, who returned from the East this after noon announced his intent ion of fil ing for the congressional eleo icn against. Congressman F. O. Stevens. "1 will file us a progressive," Hal berl declared, "if 1 am the only mail in the state to file under thai name." Halbert conferred with Dixon'and other progressive: leaders while in tin East. "The colonel's following," he said, "is growing by leaps and bounds iu New Vork, and the fight there lies between Koosevelt and Wilson. Tal't cannot carry the state." Washington, D. C.—Two Ameri cans are reported to have been de liberately murdered in the mas.-acre of the Xicarnguun loyal troops bv the rebels tit Leon on August lit. One was said to be Harvey Dodd, of Kosciusko. Hiss., the oilier a man named Phillips. The two men had been wounded and were seeking refuge in a hospital, according to the report received today at. the depart men l. The killing of Dodd and Phillips, though not entirely a parallel recalls tiie killing of Cannon and Groce by /Celaya in 1!HI9, which resulted in an upheaval that threw the dictator out of office and sent him to European exile. The state department is press ing for more information. WESTERN MERCHANTS TOO BUSY FOR POLITICS SO SAYS H. I. ItlTTKKI-IKM) who h.is .irsT lurn HXKD FKOM SI .\II-AN\'l'.\li Hl'V im Tim* to \i:w YOKK. WILL RUN FOP CONGRESS stand. It certainly is an unusual sit ON i'KOGRKSSIVK TICKET uation and only time will tell how it St. Paul, Minn.—Declaring that: will turn out." the progressive fight in Minnesota Mr. Butterfield states that the gen will be wade clean-cut and distinct I er'»l trend of prices this fall will be from the republican party, Hugh T. to go upward especially iu tot ton "The Western merchant is !oo| busy getting ready for the fall and winter trade to worry about politics," said 11. D. Butt.erfield, who returned last night from his semi-annual buy ing trip to New York. "When we got •down there we found that the New York merchants were rather dumpy and felt that business would be dull on account of this being a presiden-i tial year, but. the great throng of: Western merchants now in the me-! Milwaukee, Wis.—The radical tropolis soon talked them out. of that: changes in the political situation in and convinced them that in spite of this country was discussed by Steph campaign, unsettled political conditions, the en S. Gregory, of Chicago, president! great West and Northwest was going I the American Bar Association at to have the biggest crops ever report ed and consequently the most money. New York is crowded with Western merchants now, who are in buying their fall and winter goods. Rvery thing looks good and reports from all sections are of I lie best. "The political question in the Kast, is quite a proposition," continued Mr. Butterfielil. "Tliinge are in consid I erable of a muddle and 1 find a lot of men who have no idea how they H.D.BITTERFIELD, The Store of Good Values. •i -'lot .ft it •..i a The New Fall Coats also show great variety in materials. 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