Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1912-09-06

| PENNSY YLVANlA.-Eiehteen persons
are known to be dead and larger loss
OF life is probable In western Pennsyl-
vanla. Cherry Valley, Burgettstown and
vicinity suffered the greatest.
oHlo-Sallnevlle In Coumblana coun-
ty suffered the heaviest property dam
age, although there was no loss of life
| there.
-%-%-%-
Pittsburgh, Pa.--At least SO per-
sons are dead and property worth
more than S5,0O000O destroyed as
a result of the worst storm which
western Pennsylvania and northern
West Virginia have suffered since the
Johnstown flood.
The torrential downpour of rain, ac-
companied by heavy wind, began with
an hours terrifying display of light
ming just at dark Monday night. The
storm lasted about five hours. In that
time Golfers, w. Va, a town of 500
inhabitants, was wiped out; Cherry
Valley, Pa, was left in ruins; Avella,
Cannonsburg, Washington, Burgetts-
town and a dozen smaller places in
the extreme western end of Pennsyl-
vania were inundated.
At New Philadelphia, Steubenville
and other Ohio towns near the Ohio
river the damage to property was
heavy, while the loss of life is not
known. Western Pennsylvania, cas-
ern Ohio and parts of the Panhandle
of West Virginia are devastated. The
rain fell in torrents, cloudbursts wiped
out hills and flooded streams; cut
great gorges in valleys filled with
homes. Raging rivers tore out bridges,
annihilated crops, slaughtered cattle
and washed away miles of railroad
track. Lightning, striking in scores
of places, added its terrors to the wild
night.
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Bliss, knew of the Standard Oil contribu-
| ton. He says:
II communicated with Mr.. Bliss very
| frequently and never made any allusion
| to contributions in any letter I wrote him
or any conversation had With him.
II have never discussed the question
| of contributions with Mr. Perkins," he
goes on, save in connection with dis
| cussing the accusations brought before
your committee"
Visits to the White House.
The visit to the White House of Arch
| bold and H. H. Rogers, about year aft
| er Roosevelt election, is dealth with at
| length. They protested, the colonel says,
| against the accusations made against the
Standard Oil in connection with rebates,
the prosecution then being in the hands
of Attorney General Bonaparte, Frank B.
Kellogg and James r. Garfield, director
of the bureau of corpora tions. He told
the oil magnates, the colonel says, that he
could do nothing for them. Congressman
| SibleY of Pennsylvania and Senator
Bourne tried repeatedly to induce him to
alter his course against Standard oil but
he fatty refused, finally going SO far as
to order Senator Bourne to desist in his
efforts in behalf of the Standard
Col. Roosevelt states plainly that he
does not believe the sta tements of Arch
bold and Penrose that Bliss said Roose-
Welt knew of his (Bliss) request for mon
ey from Standard OIL. The colonel pre-
sents In this connection a new bit of
| evidence in the form of a statement pur-
porting to have been made by Bliss sew
eral months before his death and printed
in the New York Herald, a paper hostile
to Roosevelt. December "a. 1911. The
statement upholds Roosevelt in his con-
tentions in the Hartman matter and
Bliss is quoted as saying that there never
had been conducted in this country a
cleaner campaign than that OF Roosevelt
| in 1904.
Says Penrose Is Unfit.
After presenting a portion of Penrose's s
testimony before the senate committee,
Roosevelt says: Here Mr.. Penrose says
that he, a member of the National Re-
publican committee and a United States
senator, advised Mr. Archbold that it
would be mistake for the Standard Oil
Co. not 20 contribute, and If they did not
make more liberal contributions they
might incur hostility in certain quarters.
Surely no more extraordinary testimony
was ever submitted by a United States
senator 1t embodes a far worse accu-
sation against him than ever should
have dreamed of making. Senator Pen
roses language is susceptible of but one
Interpretation. 1t was his belief that the
government would sell its protection and
would blackmail those who did not buy
protection precisely as in the underworld
of our great cities vice is blackmailed, or
protection of it is sold for a price. Sure
! ly there can be no two opinions among
honest men that the man whose actions
as senator are thus described by himself
is wholly unfit longer to be senator.
do not wonder that Mr.. Penrose cham
pioned Mr.. Lorimer."