The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-01
ARCHbOLD SAYS HE
 WILL RETURN SOON Stands By Everything He
 Told Committee ANSWERS VIM. LOEB
Never Got Back Any Money-Says Bliss Never Blackmailed Him-Knows Money Was
 Used for Roosevelt

On Board the Majestic. off Bolt Head, Dcvonshire, England. August 31.-(Spe- cial)--John D. Archbold today brand ed William Loeb, Roosevelt's former secretary, as a falsif1er and declared he would return to New York in three weeks, go before the committee and prove the truth of every word Of which had been testified. MT. Archboli said: T stand by everything I said in my testimony that s125.o0o was given by the Standard oil company for the republican national campaign fund in 1904 to elect Roosevelt. The s100,00o that I gave to MT. Bliss was given sole ly for the national campaign fund and not for any state or congressional fund"
 When asked if he had any letters, checks or other documentary evidence to prove the truth of his statements. MT. Archbold replied:
 Yes; I have turned everything over to the committed"
 Did you testify voluntarily, or were you subpoenaed?"
 q went voluntarily. but if I had
 
 me-"
 Have you heard that William Loeb denies that the Standard Oil company gave s100.oo0 to the Roosevelt cam paign fund?"
 Tt was all true. I am not liar, and we never got back any of the money"
 Did you know the money was used for Roosevelt?' io st given to the republican national com mittee for that purpose" replied MT. Archbold. "It was not given to any state or congressional committee" Did you give money to any other senators besides Penrose in 1904?" You will have to ask them" MT. Archbold's attention was called to the statements of William R. Hearst and he replied: Hearst knows altogether too much about Standard Oil affairs. He need not fear us. If I have not told the whole truth about Roosevet's relations with the Standard Oil company, it is because nobody has asked me-" Asked if he had told every material fact MT. Archbold laughed and ans wered:
 You will have to wait until l get back tc New York for me to answer that Why did you believe that Roosevelt could have been bought for s15G,00O addi- tional?
 You will have to ask Roosevelt that. l" Asked how he reconciled the statement that Bliss was a man of the highest | character, with the statement that Bliss had blackmalled him Archbold retorted indignantly:
 "I never said Bliss blackmailed me He never blackmailed anybody. He was not a liar either"
 When informed it was reported he had been indicted in Texas. Archbold laughed uneasly and said:
 That Is a little Texas matter The Pierce-Fordyce Is a small Texas concern and indictments don't worry me any more. have been used to those things for so many years now that I am imper- vious. I am getting case-hardened and l suppose if I were in New York they W ould be indicting me there"
 Archbold did not look lease hardened. '' as he said 1t. In fact he looked very uncomfortable and made a break for his stateroom saying:
 That's all now until I get back to New York;
 ''I will give the committee all the heIp 1t wants. I am not running away. I am not liar. can prove every word I ssid.''
 Mrs. Archbold, gray haired and moth erly. stood by and laughed at his sallies When she heard that he had been in- dicted she took his arm as if to shield him from the representative of the In- ternational News Service on the way to