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VOL. VI. NO. 38.
ATLANTA, OA., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18,1907.
PRICE:
Kellogg Gets Evidence
Spread on Court
Record.
MILLIONS OF CASH
FLOW INTO COFFERS
In Eight Years Annual Prof
its Amounted to About
$61,000,000.
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O New York, Sept. 18.—As a re- O
O suit of the hearing Into the af- O
O fairs of the Standard Oil Com- O
O pany, before ex-Judge Kerris, It Is 0
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0 of 8490.31R.934 in profits. This 0
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0 years 8308,339,403 was distributed 0
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New York, Sept. 18.—Dividends many
times in excess of the capital stock of
the corporations controlled by the
Standard Oil Company were the rule
and not the exception under the Rocke
feller administration. This fact became
known today.
For yearn the earnings of the Stand
ard’s subsidiary companies have been
clouded in mystery, but in ths pro
ceedings today brought by tho Federal
government to dissolve the Standard
oil Company of New Jersey there was
dragged from a reluctant witness. As
sistant Controller Fay, an array of fig
ures that staggered experts relative to
the earnings of subsidiary companies
of the Standard. Totals of these com
panies, as added by attorneys, approxi
mated a capital of over 892,000,000. The
dividends paid In 1903 were over 847.-
ooo.ooo; profits for same year were over
863.000,000.
The dividends for 1900 were over 841—
ooo.ooo, while the profits for the same
year were over 837.000,000.'
For a long time these figures have
b*en sought by financiers, but it re
mained for Mr. Kellogg, who Is repre
senting the government In the proceed
ings, to get this evidence and have it
placed In the court record.
According to the evidence, the husl-
mss of the concern has been going up
with leaps and bounds. The capital
stock is 898,338.882. .
It Is charged by the prosecution that
the Standard OH Company controls ab
solutely seventy subsidiary concerns.
Gets $1,000 a Day.
C. J. Fay, comptroller of the trust,
was thf first witness today.
Moritz Rosenthal, chief of the Stand
ard Oil’s great array of lawyers, ar
rived from Chicago today and assumed
charge of the defense. He was
Voters Declare For
Prohibition at
the Polls.
DEMOCRAT CHOSEN
FOR NEW GOVERNOR
Constitution Reported Rati-
tied By Good Majority in
Tuesday’s Contest.
Harrisburg. Pa.. Sept. 18.—Warrants
were today lanued for tlie arrest of
twelve accused grafters In connection
Ith the building of the new state
capitol. It Is said there will be over
thirty criminal cases, and perhaps more
will follow. Each will be put under
$60,000 hall.
Among those for whom warrants
were Issued are:
Joseph M. Hustton. architect and de
signer of furniture; John H. Sander
son, general contractor; James Shu
maker. former superintendent of pub
lic grounds and buildings; former Au
ditor General William P, Snyder;
Charles G. Wetter, who directed al
teration of bills; former State Treas
urer William L Slathues; Congress
men H. Burd Cassel. Georgs F. Payne
and Charles F. Kinsman. Wallis Bol-
leuo, John G. Nolderer and George K.
Storm.
All of the Informations made today
are for the purpose of having the
cases go before the grand Jury at the
term of court that begins next week.
The charge against all the accused Is
conspiracy to cheat and defraud the
state.
Civil actions to recover li portion of
the money alleged to'have been graft
ed will now be started to follow the
criminal action.
BURNEO TO DEATH
Many of Those Who Es
caped Flames, Are
Drowned.
Shanghai, China, Sept. 18.—A
dispatch from Ching Kang says
that the Japanese steamer Tafu
undeii'by a half <I07.cn other law- j jf aru has been burned to the
era of distinction.-* It wan understood I
that Mr. Rosenthal, who i* said water’s euiro and that 100 passen*
-.—a -km.t tka Blanitard OH * *
gers and crew were cither burned
to death or drowned.
know more nbout the Standard Oil
•'ompany than any of Ita office™, had
Leen retained at a fee of 81,000 a day.
Mr. Kellogg started work on what la
described In the truat'a ledgers ns the
"t\ M. Pratt Investment,” and elicited
the information from Comptroller Fay
that In the last eight years the profits
■ f the Standard OH Company had
•unounted to nearly half a billion dol
lars.
"On what Is this entry, 'C. M. Pratt
Investment, 8137,4007'”
"That amount was received In Feb
ruary, 1905. from C. M. Pratt."
"Do you know* the source of that in
come?"
"I do not."
"Does your balance sheet show the
asset from which it was derived?"
The witness hesitated. After staring
I'lankly at the Standard’s lawyers he
volunteered the Information that he
"«lld not know."
Listed as an Asset
"Is the Waters-Pierce OH Compa
ny's account listed as an asset In your
hooks V*
"Since 1905 It has not been carried, as
far ns l know."
"Was It there before 1899?"
"Yes.”
Rosenthal said the stock In question
"as listed as an asset In 1899.
"Yes, I want to find where It was
while* earning an Income as it did in
D92," naiil Kellogg. "What Is the as-
-••t In 1899?"
13.067,892.16, the value of 2,747
shares."
Attorney Mllburn objected to the
line of questioning, but was overruled.
All That Ha Knew.
'If tho books show a 83.000,000 en-
; ry In 1899 and nothing In 19oq. should
th»* hooks show what disposition was
"le of it—what was received for It?"
the attorney asked.
"It should."
"Do you know of any entry that
" >uld explain where the stock Is?"
"No, sir."
"Then all you know Is that In 1892
the Standard Oil received from the C.
M Pratt Investment 8137,400; In 1904,
11.099,200, and In 1905, 81.853,700?"
"Yes, Hlr." ,
Bonds Art Exchanged.
The examination then wus directed
t" the Item "Central Trust Co. Certlfl-
‘ ates." which appeared on the books of
'h*> Standard from 1899 to 1904, Inclu
sive. The witness was asked to explain
”'*a. A typewritten explanation of th*.»
First Race—Cloten, 5 to 2. won; Don-
na Elvira 2 to 1. Cousin Kate.
wa* put in evkltnce. Tho ex- a to t, third. Time, 1-U 3 6.
STAGNANT POOL FORMS;
SEWER WAS NEGLECTED
Southern Has the Laugh On
Counsel For North
Carolina.
Detnils
present.
are unobtainable at
planatlon showed tho exchange of
stocks and bonds of tht* National Stor
age Co. for Central Trust certificates,
which were In turn exchanged for $5.-
000,000 In Lehigh Valley railroad bonds
and $100,000 In cash.
Mr. Kellogg asked to havo the Item
of $2,000,000 against Carter Oil Co., In
the company's books for 1805. explain
ed In view of the fact that that Item
Is now listed at $449,216 more The
witness could tell nothing nbout It ex
cept to say that It probably represent
ed an Incrcaso In value since the stock
was bought from the National Transit
Company.
Tho witness handed the Inquisitor the
statement showing tho account was
opened after the stocks and bonds or
the Lehigh Y'alley were exchanged for
Standard stock nnd deposited tempo
rarily with the Central Trust Company,
which Issued certificates.
Offering another statement, Kellogg
asked If the stock In a number of other
corporations were acquired rrom tne
National Transit Company.
"They* w’ere," replied tho witness,
• which shows that $100,000 In cash and
4 per cent bonds of the Lehigh Valley
railroad to tho extent of $5,000,000 was
nald to the Central Trust Co.
••Did the Standard Oil Co. of New
Jersey pay $2,000,000 for the Lehigh
stock ?"
••X couldn't tell without referring to
my books."
RACE^ RESULTS.
GRAVESEND.
First Race—Big Chief, 8 to I, won;
SinifUlne. 6 to 5. second; Miss Delaney,
5 to 1, third. Time, 1:08.
second Race—Maxlmilllan, 4 to 1,
wo^; Essex, 2 to 5. second; Ous Straus,
out, third. Timers: 2-.
TORONTO.
Washington, Sept. 18.—The Southern
railway hnd a laugh coming today. And
the laugh came. It was all because
Standing Master Montgomery, appoint
ed by Judge Prltchnrd to take evidence
In the Southern ralhvny matter In the
North Carolina rate case, granted the
dearest wish of the attorneys for North
Carolina and ordered the Southern’s!
officials to produce the books and pa
pers showing tho operating expenses of
the road In North Carollnn.
When the hearing, which had been
adjourned from September 11, con
vened this morning in the Southern’s
offices, Comptroller Plant of the South
ern, called to his subordinate to pro
duce all the records, hooks, vouchers
and other papers showing the road's
operating expenses for the fiscal years
1906 nnd 1907, ns nsked for by the
state's counsel. Then ho turned to the
state's counsel nnd remarked that there
would be about 12,000 vouchers
month, making about 290,000 vouchers,
not to mention tho records and other
books and papers.
Mr. Woodward remarked that he nnd
Mr. Rryant, Mr. Justice being nbsont
today, would spend tho remainder of
the day looking through the books and
finding out what they meant. Some
thing In his tone Indicated that he
knew the size of the task he was map
ping out.
CAPT. FITZPATRICK
SENDS HIS CHECK
FOR SUM OF $113,866.28
New Orleans, Sept. 18.—Captain John
Fitzpatrick, tax collector for the flrst
district, made good his promise today
when he forwarded a check for $113,-
866.28 to Baton Rouge to cover the
nmount stolen by Charles E. Letten, his
defaulting clerk.
It was nt flr.U thought that $116,-
190, the amount stolen by Letten would
1m made good by Captain Fitzpatrick,
hut his two per cent commission had
to be deducted, which brought the total
down to the figures first mentioned.
300 ARE REPORTED
DROWNED IN BAY
Seattle, Sept. 18.—A rumor i*
in circulation today that a steam
ship lias ironc down in Urixtol Hay
with -WO panned tfera. At the
li
not credited.
Crew Street Residents
Make Complaint to
City Officials.
Insufficient drainage facilities at the
corner of Crew and Richardson street*,
resulting In flooded streets and yards
for a week or more after each rain,
and stagnant pools In dry weather,
have caused strenuous protests from
the residents, who assert that for
months post the city authorities have
Ignored the deplorable conditions.
O. A. Hoarratt, who lives on the cor
ner. states that he believes a case of
typhoid fever In his house to be the
direct result of the stagnant water,
other residents complain vigorously of
bad odors, mosquitoes and a generally
unhealthy condition, to say nothing of
overflowed yards nnd what they term a
"lake" In the street for a week after
each rain.
Surface water for one-hn!f of the
block In which Mr. Kcarratt lives Is
suppose*! to be carried oft by a 6-Inch
drain, which begins back of his real-i
dence at several cesspools and runs
beneath his house and the street, un-
.der the store of G. B. Smith and Intel
an open field, where there is a large
8EWER FAIL8 TO WORK.
The map shows how the sewer
water takes a course under a home
nnd empties Into a field, forming a
pool.
hole In the ground by way of an out-
When this drain did its work the
water flowed Into the open field, form
ing a stagnant pool, while some of It
managed to get to a cesspool In the
yard of R. W. Tidwell, who lives In
Washington street, and thence Into the
city sc*wer.
That was hnd enough, the residents
state, hut now tho pipe Is stop;»ed up,
and when It rains the water floods Mr.
Scarratt'tt yard and about nlxty feet of
Richardson street, remaining until It
Is either dried up by the sun or seeps
Into the ground. Were the pipe clean
It would be Inadequate, but ns It Is, the
neighbors say tho drain Is worse than
nothing.
At the corner of G. B. Hmlth's gro
cery store Is n catch basin connected
with the drain and Intended to carry
off water from the street. However,
rain washes mud Into the opening,
stopping up the pipe, and tho water
backs up in the street. During dry
weather the basin Is filled with stag
nant water.
The nutlet of tho drain In the open
field back of the store Is one of the
ugliest features. The pl|»e runs Into a
hole In the ground about five feet
across and three feet deep. It Is partly
filled with water which Is of a dis
agreeable dark brown color. To pre
vent mosquitoes the neighbors doctor
the hole with kerosene oil frequently.
L. N. Hill, who lives but a short dis
tance from the outlet, states that the
odors are often Insufferable and that
he believes the place bad enough to
cause typhoid.
The immediate trouble Is a stoppage
of the pipe beneath Smith's store, pre
venting the water from flowing Into the
field. But were this opened it would
probably choke up again. If It didn't
another pond would form In the field.
According to the statement* of Mr.
Thomas If. Goodwin announces that
ho will be a candidate for mayor In the
primary to be held next year.
Mr. Goodwin's announcement Is not
In the form of "I am being urged by
friends," but Is a positive declaration
that he will be in the race at the begin
ning and through to the finish.
The whirlwind race of the well-
known young attorney against W. R.
Joyner, the present mayor, Is well re
membered. Comparatively unknown
nnd running against n man who was
then regarded as tho most popular of
ficial In the city of Atlanta, he carried
four of the eight wards In the city and
was defeated by the nurrow margin of
261 votes.
"My platform," Mr. Goodwin sfated
to The Georgian, "will he practically
tho same ns that on which I ran for
mayor before.
"I shall advocate municipal owner
ship. believing now as I did then that
the city should own hiki operate Its own
electric light and gas plants. I believe
municipal ownership of these public
utilities will result In better and cheap
er lights, and thut the Investment by
the city would bring good returns.
"I do not subscribe to tho belief that
the gas franchise Is perpetual. It has
already expired and the city should
take over this franchise.
I shall advocate the forcing of the
street car company to soli six, street
car fares for a quarter, nnd also that
the company shall have trailers for ne
groes on all cars during rush hours In
the morning and evening.
"I believe In the equal adjustment of
taxes. I nm heartily In favor of the
election of city officials by tho people
nnd Intend. If elected mayor, to do my
utmost to see that the will of the peo
ple, ns expressed at the polls, be curried
Into effect.
"I believe In granting only short-term
franchises to the gieat corporations
that use our streets and In exacting
from them an Income on their gross re
ceipts. The granting of such franchises
as the one recently given tho Southern
Rell Telephone C’ompany by the mayor
and council I consider detrimental to
the public good.
"A new plank I shall embody In my
platform will be the placing of the
waterworks department In new hands.
The recent troubles and Investigations
have brought out conclusively that the
waterworks needs new hands and new*
minds to guide K.”
Oklahoma City, Okla., Sept. 18.—Ok
lahoma has ratified the enabling act
| and become a state so far as Oklahoma
and Indian Territory are concerned.
The new state has gone Democratic and
has voted to go dry. It Is now* up to
President Roosevelt to sign the en
abling nW.
Returns from the largest cities and
counties of Oklahoma and Indian Ter
ritory Indicate that the constitution of
the proposed new state has been adopt
ed by u large mnjorlty; that the proht.
billon clauso of the constitution hug
been adopted an*l that the Democratic
state ticket, headed by C. N. Haskell,
of Muscogee, for governor, has been
elected over Frank Frantz, the present
territorial governor of Oklahoma, who
wus the Republican nominee.
Georgia prohibitionists are rejoicing
over the news from Oklahoma.
Press dispatches state that prohibi
tion carried overwhelmingly for the
new state at the election Tuesday.
And a former Georgian was the mov
ing spirit In the splendid fight that
causes the new territory to begin lta
statehood under total prohibition.
J. G. Brendell was head of tbs pro
hibition campaign committee, and
through his Indefatigable seal and fine
capacity for effective organisation the
battle was won. Mr. Brendell has
lived nmong the Pawnee Indians for
years, and exerts great Influence over
the red men. He lined them up al
most solidly for prohibition the first
time they ever exercised the franchise.
Oklahoma's splendid struggle for pro.
hlbltlon has been watched with keenest
Interest here. Tuesday tho following
telegram of encouragement was sent
from Atlanta:
Atlanta, Ga, Bept. 17, 1907.
Rev. Dr. H. Alford Porter, Oklahoma
City, Okla.:
Executive committee of home mis
sion hoard of Southern Baptist convnm
tlon sends Baptists of Oklahoma ear
nest prnyers for triumph of prohibi
tion.
JOHN M. GREEN, Chairman.
DYING MAN WEDS
IN HOSPITAL WARD
New York, Sept. 18.—Informed by
his physician that he must die In a
few hours. Alfred Adler, a wealthy
glove dealer at 745 Broadway, sum
moned a rabbi to his bedside In the
hospital and was married to Miss Jo
hanna Hartung, to whom he had been
engaged for eight years. He died an
hour later. Mrs. Adler Is prostrated.
LIVES OF EIGHT -
MENACED BY BOMB
New York. Bept. 18.—In an attempt
to kill Antonio Splnelll, hla wife and
their hIx children, blackmailers eet oil
n bomb In the tenement house at No.
435 East Thirtieth street early today.
The explosion partly wrecked every
floor of the six-story building and
caused a panic among the 160 persona
living in It.
WEALTHY GIRL IS SHOT
DOWNBY JEALOUS LOVER
New York. Sept. 18.—Screaming,
"Julius, you won’t kill me,” Miss Drags
Seigel, a pretty 2u-year-old girl, was
shot down early today by Julius Hoff
man, a former lieutenant In the Aus
trian army, In a furnished room at No.
215 East Thirty-seventh street.
The girl is dying in Bellevue Hos
pital from three bullet wounds, and
HofTman Is locked up in the Thirty-
fifth street police station. Jealousy led
the tragedy.
The victim Is a daughter of a colonel
in the Austrian army who died recent
ly. leaving her 8100,000 which shs was
to receive on her 21»t birthday.
After shooting the girl, Hoffman
turned the weapon upon himself, only
to have the dying woman dash It from
his hand. The former lieutenant Is In
the police station little better than a
raving maniac.
Ills wife is In Bamfort, W. Va.,
where a suit for divorce Is now pend
ing.
"I loved Julius," Miss Rlegel moans
frequently, "but he wouldn't believe
Scarratt, P. J. Vo.-^ L. N. Hill and
others, every city official who might
possibly have any means of remedying
the trouble knows of Its existence, hav
ing been besought not less than two
times.
My opinion Is that the city should
run a sewer down Richardson street,"
said Chief Jentzen, of the sanitary de
partment. "I have nothing to do with
»ne trouble except to clean out the
cutch basin at the corner. I can hardly
do that, as the pipe Is stopped up be
low.”
Commissioner of Public Works Col
lier stated that he Intended to clean
out the plf»© once more. He said that
as Informed that one of the prop
erty owners had stopped up the pipe to
prevent a flow of water Into the open
field.
"I really believe the city ought to run
sewer down Richardson street,” said
Mr. Collier. "In that way all the water)
be carried off.
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