The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-09-02
|H|JOHN D. ARCHBOLD
||I ARRIVES IN LONDON
dOualifles Statement Regard
i ing Standard Oil Contribu-
NJ ton 10 Roosevelt Fund.
,pIMONEY WAS PAID OVER
bIUncertainty as to Whether Ma
Il tional Committee Got Any
NJ of the Penrose $4,000.

au, of the Penrose $4,000.
). Special Cable TO The Tribune.
n. LONDON, Sept. 1.-Mr. and Mrs
il .tyohn D: Archbold landed at Sopthamp
4 !, Ton today from the liner Majestic, and
at. were met at the pier by their daugh
. !, Ter. The three left Immediately fol
tb,, The daughter home nearby.
NJ When Informed that William f.
! p Hearst had stated that he had docu
Of ,mentary proof that Archbold's $25,00t
hi, contribution to Pcnrose was for the
Pennsylvania state committee and moi
wifi for Roosevelt s national campaign
hedged and qualified the
he had made on board the
esdMajestic last night.
W. "Did l understand you correctly last
,ss. na night" asked tho correspondent of
~ Nv the international News Service. "l
! ,'' feported you by wireless as saying that
y. !, the Standard Oil company's 1904 cou-
~, ~, tribution was made directly to the Re
va publican national committee and not
No any state or congressional commit
gSstee7''
,,ss @ "That's right replied Archbold
IL. rs That's exactly what 7 sad.''
hI Mr.. Archbold's attention was then
,-lcalled to Mr.. Hearst's statement that
o,sithe r$25.000 sent to Senator Penrose
n 1in a. secret certificate of deposit by
Ni}Mr. Archbold was for Senator Pen
hr1 rose g own use in his personal Penn
nd 4sylvanla campaign
sn Intended for Both.
II HWhen you say that your coDtri-
button was intended for the Republican
! national campaign committee - he was
asked, 'dO you include the $4,000
" given to Penrose7''
ra Mr., Archbold hesitated., "Well,' he
finally added, Regarding the Penrose
eontribution, the understanding was
That part Of it was TO be used in the
z-'state campaign, but whatever balance
2tjthere was left over was to be used in
NA behalf of the national ticket. You see
lPenrose was n member of the national
leommittee as well as of the state COM
1mittee, and we took that way of help
ing to elect Roosevelt -
'SBut the rest of the $l25,000 was
,glven direct to the national committee
-lwas it9D
81 "Absolutely. There's no doubt about
; "How was this $1o5.oOo charged off
ION the books of the Standard Oil COM
lpany?''
'foh, 7 suppose it was charged as
Iexpense."
"But you don t know exactly how it
WAS chargede'
Matter Not Looked Up.
h "You know ] didn t have chance
> TO go back TO the office and look those
T Jo- r Id
Fright away. I cannot tell exactly
4 about all of these things. 1t is long
u time since 1903, 1t was not considered
= wrong then to give money to campaign
4 funds; in fact, it was looked upon AS q
n beneficial net. They had not passed
- e law against il then. Times change
fast nowadays, and what was a good
thing few, years ago has become a
Icrime now
n Questioned again about his failure to
If1nd the Bliss receipt, when he was able
I. to find the Finn letter and the cipher,
It IArchbold hid behind the allegation that
20 many of his letters had been stolen
- That he has not anything to go by now.
~ he was not quite sure today that he
Z three weeks. Evidently he had been
thinking about it during the night.
81 may stay here some time,' he
IS Said. "It all depends on what ! hear
IN the Standard Oil offices in Lon
Idou.''
atL Some one showed him copy Of the
London Budget containing dispatch
- tmont, wherein the third termer was
Idescribed rs attacking Archbold and
Il making his watchword "war on special
n privileges.
Merely Grunted,
-Huml' Archbold grunted. I" ESpe
lcial privileges is good
tr The same article was shown TO Mrs
- Archbold- She read it through care
July, and what caught her eyes wa.
Roosevelt s praise of Jane Addams 70,
"Janc Addsms will regret it, was
her only comment.
Mr.. Arcbbold made himself very
lpopnlar on the voyage. He visited the
seeond cabin, witnessed the amateur
Iprize fights between firemem, anG
gTnnted every time telling blow wa:
pstruck
The Majestic had an exciting rae,
with the ST. Paul all the WAY across
She oyerbaulcd the st. Paul at ) 'clocl
, lnesday morning, and the two steamer,
ran abreast until 10 CLOCK Wedues
DAY evening, when the Majestic pulled
away from her rival. The two steamer
LIZ n~'" IL siGul VI td'U plHcr III HluOgGlf
tor forty-eight hours. The Maiesti,
n' Nbeat the st, Paul into Plymouth h,
about two hours, but tho ST. Paul woil
oF technicality.
N The American line has m agrecmcu
Nwith the French officials 10 permit it
ships TO land passengers at Chcrbour;
w az . clock in the morning, while tn
white Star liners cannot unload befor
"a. Both ships arrived Mt Cherbour
curing. the night. The st. Paul 20
nway first and arrived at the final dcs
tination, Southampton. about half n
hour ahead of the Majestic.
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