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VOLUME XI.. NO. 300.
V. s. BEGINS SUIT
ON STANDARD OIL
Long Expected Federal
Action Against the
“ Octopus ” Is On In
Missouri Court.
ENORMOUSJNTERESTS
Atked That Comblnationa and Control
of Standard Oil of New Jeraey In
Seventy Corporations Be Dissolved
and Adjudged Unlawful.
WASHINGTON.—The federal gov
ernment today began its long con
templated battle against the Stand
ard OH company.
In papers filed this morning In the
United States circuit court, at St.
Louis by direction of Attorney Gen
eral Moody, the government seeks to
have the gigantic trust dissolved.
In support of its plea, it presents
an arry of violations of the Sherman
anti-trust law, including conspiracy,
coercion. Intimidation, rebating and
other vicious acts and practices.
Criminal Prosecution.
The advisability of beginning crimi
mil prosecutions against the trust of
ficers was under earnest considera
tion by the attorney general and bis
trust-busting subordinates all of last
week.
Standard Oil.
The bill filed at St. Louis today re
views the history of the case from
mu down to the present from the
time when it was “a simple conspira
cy" to its formation as a holding
company under the laws of New Jer
sey. with an aggregate capital now
of over $150,000,000, and controlling
more than 90 per cent, of the oil
business In the United States.
Illegal Favors.
It charges that the great, system of
Illegal favors obtained from the rail
roads of the country has been brought,
about through the ownership and In
fluence of the individual defendants
and others acting in their interest, in
the various railroads of tho United
f lies.
Srhe total value of ail property con
trolled b.v the Standard Oil of New
,i«-sey except Such as may have been
is St»M.OiU,7BB according to
f” own valuation. It. is declared that
upon this capital the Standard from
ISB2 to 1595, inclusive, paid $512,940,-
OH4 of dividends, and has created a
large surplus. It is alleged that Its
property at the present, time exceeds
the value of $200,000,000. Us annual
dividends during the last nihe years
have run from 33 to 48 per cent, in
addition to the surplus.
Department Information.
The information available to the de
partment tends to show:
"That the various corporations and
limited nartnershlps under the con
trol iu the manner hereinafter stated
of the Standard Oil of New Jersey,
produce, transport and sell about 90
per cert, of the refined oil produced,
transported and in the United States
for flomestlc use and about the same
proportion of refined oil exported from
the United States.
‘ That this share of the business
has been procured by a course of ac
tion. which, beginning in 1870, has
continued under the direction of the
same persons, in the main, down to
the present time;
"Thar these persons now surviving
are John L>. Rockefeller, William
ItocKefeller, Henry H. Rogers, Henry
K. Flagler, John D. Archboid, Oliver
it Payne and Chm M. Prati;
The Design.
"shat the design throughout of the
persons having control of the entor
prise has been to suppress competi
tion in the production, transportation
and sale of refined oil. and to obtain,
aB far as possible, a monopoly there
in.
‘‘That during tho seven years fol
lowing the same individual defend
ants as a majority of the liquidating
trustees were pretending to liquidate
the trust but as u matter of fact, were
managing all of the corporations in
the same way and exercising th - same
control over them.
To $110,000,000.
“That the individual defendants, in
1899. increased the stocks of Iho
Standard ~11 of New Jersey from $lO,-
000.000 to siio,ooo,ooo.
(Continued on page three)
EMPLOYMENT AGENCIES
ARE UNDER SUSPICION
Sensational Charges Made In Washington, Re.
garding Character of Many Such Offices
WASHINGTON, I>. C.— Sensation
a? charges were made against several
bo-cttUed employment agents who ap
plied to the district commissioners
for licenses in the meeting of the re
search committee of the Public Edu
cation association,
Some of those who applied for li
censes to operute in the District of
Colombia, it is claimed, are keepers
of apleged disorderly houses. It is fur
'h/yl charged that they have used
ttM.ll offices for Improper purposes.
THE AUGUSTA HERALD
SLUMP IS NOW ON
IN STANDARD OIL
Mr. Rockefeller's Pile Decreased to
Considerable Extent With Further
Prospect*—Suit Begun Thursday in
Missouri Court.
NEW YORK.—Attacked by tho
| Federal government Thursday the
market value of Btandurd Oil has
shrunk within the year $125,000,000.
(The stock sold today at the lowest
point reached in years. The slump
lias caused John D. Rockefeller's mon
ey pile to wither $05,(910,000.
Four years ago Standard Oil sold
for SB4O a snare, and today it sold on
the curb for $575. With a capitaliza
tion of $100,000,000, the market value
of the company has slumped $275,-
j 000,000.
Last January Standard Oil sold for
ItSoo a share. President Roosevelt
told the department of justice to go
ahead with its suit against tho trust.
Henry H. Rogers, director general of
the Standard Oil, and John D. Arch
jiiold hurried to Washington. They
|could do nothing. The stock began
to sag iu Wall street.
Every point meant a loss to John
D. of $600,000. With the stock weak
at 575 today, hankers wondered how
far the decline would go.
“It's a rich man’s panic in Standard
Oil,’ declared a broker on the stock
e change today.
The attack on Standard Oil is a
fight of far reaching effect. The gl
} utic monopoly not only controls the
oil business, but it practically controls
tie copper, steel, salt and tobacco in
dustries.
TURPENTINE, TOO,
IN STANDARD OIL
Federal Government After the Al
leged "Combine" With Headquart
ers in South—Macon Attorney Act
ing With New York District Attor
ney in Matter.
NEW YORK. —Energetic efforts arc
Icing made by the Federal govern
ment to clip the tentacles of what
k is come to be known as the turpen
tno trust, and the United States dis
t ict attorpey here is co-operating
with the United States attorney for
tle Southern district of Georgia. The
turpentine "combine” lias Its heud
quarters in the south.
It is alleged that, a hard-and-fast
agreement exists between the vari
oih <■ . stilueut companies belonging
to the so-called trust and that the
business and territory have been di
vided up in regular octopus fashion.
It is intimated that the turpentine
t-ust, so-called, is Influenced and con
t oiled to a greater or less degree by
the Standard Oil Co
It Is known that Standard Oil iu
t rests in the past have eudeavored
<> absorb the turpentine ar.d rosin
i lustries. The determination of the
government to dissolve the Standard
Oil trust appears to justify the opin
i u that the Federal authorities
s rongly suspect that, intimate rela
tions exist between the two enter
prises.
SAVANNAH, Ga.—Announcement
vas made here today of the retire
r nt from business of the S. P. Shot
t r company and the Paterson Down
1 g company, two of the leading naval
s ores export houses in the world.
I The companies going into liquida
tion will he purchased by the Anier
i an Naval Stores company.
PARTICIPATE AT JAMESTOWN.
MADRID.—The cabinet today re
affirmed the decision of the preceding
ministry tu the effect, that Spain shay
participate -he j am estown Expo
j sltion.
and in view of the fact, the research
committee thinks it incumbent upon
itself to expose the proprietors and
their methods.
As a result of a letter from Com
missioner West the files of the re
search committee were searched.
Several among the worst of these
characters who operate establish
ments were named in the list, it Is
said, it is further asserted that some
of these are engaged in sending appli
cant for work to disreputable re
sorts.
LOCAL FORECAST FOR AUGUSTA AND VICINITY: Fair tonight and Friday. "n**.
AUGUSTA. GEORGIA. THURSDAY AFTERNOON. NOVEMBER 15. 1906.
NEGRO SOLDIERS
ATTEMPT RETURN
Washington Attorney Will Try to Se
cure Reinlietment of Recently
Dishonorably Discharged Colored
T roops.
WASHINGTON. D. C.— Members
of companies B C and D of the 25th
infantry, who were recently discharg
ed from the army by President Roose
velt, will take steps to secure their
reinstatement in the service and the
restoration of their civil rights. This
is the opinion returned by James H.
Green, a Washington lawyer.
Mr. Green maintains that the presi
dent had no right to discharge the
i soldiers without a trial by court mar
tial. He says the discharge was un
constitutional and without precedent
iu the war department.
Mr. Green said:
"The order forfeits the privilege of
re-enlistment, and the right to hold
' itositions under the government. It
is undoubtedly an attempt to deprive
the men of their property without due
process of la\y. A soldier's light Us re
enlistment unquestionably is prop
erty.’’
CRIMINAL ASSAULT;
THEN MURDER CHARGE
ROANOKE, Va.—Sunday last Mosc
Ferguson was arrested charged witli
attempted criminal assault oiyhis two
daughters, aged, respectively, 16 aud
13 years. The police department, af
ter *n thorough investigation, decided
that the prisoned was entitled to ball.
He was set at liberty under boud
and last night a second warrant was
sworn out charging Ferguson with at
tempting to murder his daughter on
account of the charge made by her.
'The police have uot been aide to ap
prehend him, and it is believed he
I has left tho city.
BALTIMORE TEACHERS
DESIRE SAGE’S MONEY
BALTIMORE, Md.—Governor War
field forwarded to Mrs. Russell Sage,
with his indorsement, a letter from
the Mutual Beueflt association of Bal
timore School Teachers, in which Is
asked, in accordance with her secretly
announced plan to distribute her enor
mous wealth, to extend it to worthy
teachers of Baltimore through their
association.
MR. REITZ IRBIES
HIS STEPMOTHER
Maryland Laws Prohibit Such Union
But Couple Went to Jersey to Have
Service Performed.
BALTIMORE, Md.—H. .1. Reitz, a
r tail merchant of this city, was re
cently married to his stepmother. The
c remony was performed in Camden,
N. J., the bride and groom returning
late to Mr, lleltz’s home,
Mrs. Reitz is a member of a well
known family on the eastern shore
lof Maryland. She v,as married to
i her present husbands' father several
years ago, and was his second w(
Iv b former wife .vlr. Reitz. Sr., had
f'x children, and five children by his
Vecond marriage. These now become
tin step children of their half-brother.
The laws of the state of Maryland
prohibit a marriage between a man
and his stepmother. It is understood,
however, that Mr. and Mrs. lteltz ob
tained legal advice to the effect that
uch a marriage performed outsldo
t e state is perfectly valid in Mary
land.
SAVANNAH KNIGHTS
GREET GRAND CHANCELLOR
SAVANNAH.—This morning Mr. T
H. Nickerson, of Athens, grand chan
cellor of the Knights of Pythias of
Georgia, arrived in the city, accom
panied by the grand master of ex
chequer and other grand lodge offi
cers.
They were met at' the depot by a
delegation of local Knights. The rest
of the morning was spent at the of
j flee of the grand keeper of records
land seal, where the books and ac
counts of the order were gone over
and checked up. This afternoon the
grand chancellor is being entertained
with a carriage ride by the Knights
of Savannah, and tonight, he will be
the guest of honor at a meeting ot
Savannah Lodge No. G 2, which will he
followed by a mass meeting of fV
Knights at the K. of P. Hal!. It is
expected to make this quite an evertf.
The grand chancellor will be escort
ed from the DeSoto Hotel, to Ihe K.
of P. Hall probably by company of
the Uniform Rank.
THAW’S CHIEF COUNSEL,
WHO RECEIVES SIOO,OOO
ftpr" - r/ir -1
1 r
0t
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Will Millionaire Jury Try
The Thaw Murder Case?
SILK STOCKING ELEMENT LIKELY TO BE REPRESENTED, WHICH
..WILL BE RECORDER GOFF'S LAST MURDER TRIAL.
NEW YORK.— There exists a re-1
'markable possibility in the case of,
Hurry Kendall Thaw’. The possibility]
Is that he may be adjudged guilty or j
innocent of the murder of the great;
architect by a jury of millionaires.
In the matter of wealth the-Jury
that considers ills ease *qay lopraaent
the sum of something over $20,(t0n,.
000 .
The result of the drawing of the
present panel has, it ,s reporiou quite
inadvertently brought many wealthy
i men upon It. Some .or, really very
wealthy; others have fortunes that In
modern duys of enormous ] rlvate
: wealth would be merely considered
comfortable |x>ssession *.
The choosing of such a jury lias'
'two public aspects —one that would
recommend it. aud that would oppose]
it. There is not a spot on earth where
the Thawes have been discussed,
where Home person has not stud
Oh! hts money will save hint. Of
course, he will not be electrocuted.
The Thaw family will buy the chair,"
somebody said early in the case.
ICHORS 11 COLOR
TO SEE ISTHMUS
President Roosevelt Arrives to Per
sonally Investigate Existing Condi
tions on Canal and See for Himself.
COLON. The first trip of an
American president outside of tho
boundaries of the United States was
successfully concluded yesterday at
1 ; Jd o’clock when the battleship
Louisiana, having on board President
Roosevelt and his party, dropped-an
chor in the harbor of Colon. The
Louisiana arrived ahead of schedule
time.
The three! vessels anchored about
a mile from the dock during a heavy
raintal!.
Owing to the fact that Iho Louis
iana arrived ahead of time, neither
President Amador, •of Panama, - not
Chairman Shouts of the. Isthmian
canal commission was on hand to
welcome President Roosevelt. ,Thqy
left Panama at -1:80 p.-m. In a spe
cial train for Colon and at, 8:ij0
o’clock last night hoarded the Loom
iana and extended cordial greeting io
America's chief executive.
President Roosevelt wlti be'fttn his
tour of Inspection tomwj'rpw. and an
extensive programme of. official enter
tainments has been prepared.
The president said the-voyage down
had Ix.-en pleasant and uneventful, lie
expressed himself us gratified at .lie.
welcome being prepared for him' <>u
shore, and sgld h‘>. Intended, so .«<•••
everything possible for himself In
connection with the canal during-his
three days’ stay on the Isthmus.
PATENTS GRANTED GEORGIANS
WASHINGTON, D C'.—Messrs. Da
vis A Davis, Washington patent at
torneys. report the grant this week o
the following patents to Ceorglans:
James O. Bewan. of Savanna!,
game-counter and card-cabinet.
William Davidson, of Atlanta, com
blned mall-bag, catching and deliver
ing apparatus and semaphore must
Conrad Harrell, of Whlgham, whif
fletree.
Hermann Hill, of Savannah, car
riage for typewriting machines.
Reginald R Jones, of Atlanta, plow
fender.
DELPHIft M. DtLMAaf
I If the Thaw family could possible
have any such motive as attempting
jto swing upon the jury the power of
j its vast wealth, the object would be
Ivery hard of attainment, it would aec
[ where the jurymen were themselves
lords of f ,vt unes.
Would men of wealth i*e 100 pro:i«
to listen to the explnn-.i »>£ "
•pad act from tho lips of :i son * I
wealth?
Would tlio trial be ttl'ficd into u
soil and easy groove through which
Thaw would give justice tho nip?
Thorp »/!H he munv uitor it fig
tires in this trial. Thaw himself is
'as eager to go to trial for his life as
he was ever t'> organize a gay siipj er
I party. He Is in spirits almost tho
i same as if it was a gay supper pur.y
he was planning. He smiles at tho
j mention of December 3rd, tho day
when htß trial begins.
It seems now assured that Recorder
Goff will have this celebrated trial
as the last chapter In his career as
; the chief of the criminal bench, for
ion January Ist, he moves to the post
jtion of supreme court judge.
IN OHIO ME IRE
UTTER HIE PEOPLE
Subpeonas Previously Torn Up and
j No Attention Paid to Orders on
Last September.
i FINDLAY, O. —Indictments charg
ing violations of the Valentine anti
trust. law were returned today by the
Hancock county grand Jury against
t Standard Oil company, of Ohio,
~ u It. Rockefeller, president or the
t uiilard OH company, of New Jersey,
and others.
The Valentins law 1h the statute
under which the Standard Oil com
pauy was recently convicted and fined
9 no In the probate court. It Is the
salute, also which gaviUtho Ice deal
i s of Toledo so ranch trouble last
ummer. >
' WH in an hour after tl)e Jury had
eported, Wesley Johns, deputy slier
ff, was sent to Cleveland with war
lints for the arrest at Messrs. Vilas,
.Mclntosh and Robertson.
This order was due to. the eimp.e'
a uipteil by these men lit connection
with the trial of. the,.Standard 01'
company of Ohio lust September
Subpoenas left at tliojr, homes ijiul.ln
Cleveland were Ignored. In two eusi s
1 subpoena were torn up In the
l n sente of the sheriff liV. women of
tuelr. families. _ .
EX-OWNER WINS FORTUNE
ON "STRAY” AT AQUEDUCT
I NEW YORK.—Galloping under the
wire an easy winner of the Oakdale
handicap, at the- Aqueduct, race track
Stray, at odds of 30 to 1, won for tils
former owner, J. V. Henning, a Wall
-eet broker, who failed a few weeks
i o, a fair sizeil fortune. He will be
a le, to pay ull he owes, and have
i hey with which to make another
s art.
Stray was sold by tlie assignee with
the other horses of Mr. Henning’s
stable which had cost him deariy.
'I raloer Byrnes kept the best horses
of the stable, atnl believing Stray
v diild win the Oakdale, told his for
iner employer to raise all the money
h • could innl get on the horse. This
(Mr. Henning dlil.
FURTHER CRIMES IN THE
PITTSBURG DISTRICT
Rsign of Terror Continues—. Further Murders
And Higway Robberies—•‘Special Police
men Being Sworn In.
PITTSIIURG. Pa,—With detectives
from cities of neighboring Mates,
who are here In the hope of finding
crooks of natloual reputation, there
lias been no apparent cessation in
oirnes.
During last night aud early this
morning acm es of people were urn /
ed on the streets as suspicious char
actera.
Shortly after midnight today t ne
gro entered tins home of David Roney.
I’erryvllle avenue, Allegheny, and was
heard in the lower portion of tho
house by a maid, who Immediately no
tilled Mr. Rone: .
Mr. Honey tired several shots, eut
the negro escaped. The Rouey home
Is located in a row of ten houses, nine
of which have been roboed during tho
past two evenings.
Dispatches to the Associated Press
last night from surrounding towns
portray a reign of lawlessness never
before equalled in theao parts.
At South Sharon. Mercer county, tho
ENCRMCHMENTS
IN URGE CITIES
Remarkable Address In Chicago by
Judge Kavanagh—“Forty-five Thou
sand Persons Murdered in Five
Year*.’’
CHICAGO, Hl.—“During the last five
years 45,00<> persons were murdered
lln tho United States. More persons
were murdered lust year than died of
typhoid fever. This awful total haa
been due to the way tho law Is ad
ministered.
| “And tho low itself is had and in
efficient. It. is burdened with rostric-
I ons and technicalities, and In almost
every case the criminal has nlnu
chances of escaping to one of being
found guilty."
So declared Judge Marcus Kavan
fl'th In an address before* the nlmnnao
of St. Ignatius' college, gathered at a
banquet, at. the Groat. Northern hotel.
He spoke on “Enforcement -of i,aw In
J argo Cities,'’ sud vigorously assailed
the operation of the courts under tho
jiry system. ■
I That the United States Is the most
I criminal country tu the world, the
J ry system the most loose and anti
quated,' and tilts law open to attack,
wt re among the assertions made by
i.dge Kavanagh.
FEDERATION OF LABOR
“SOCIALIST RESOLUTIONS”
MINNEAPOLIS. Minn.—Resolutions
denouncing the judicial system of the
United States us “tyranlcal and an*
equated, from iho police-court, np to
tle supremo court of the United
States,” wan introduced at tho sea
son of the American Federation of
Labor hero today and referred to a
committee on resolutions.
These, with other resolutions known
as “socialist resolutions," were pre
sented by Victor L. Berger, of Mil
waukee, delegate for the Wisconsin
State Federation of Labor.
TO AVOID DANGER OF
STRIKES PERMANENTLY
CHICAGO, til.—Fearing that the
present agitation for increased wages
has readied a point, where It threat
ens successful operation of railroads,
the executive officials of all lines
west, off Chicago, have decided to ask
the Interstate commerce com mission
to become a board of arbitration for
the settlement of all disputes between
employes and railways.
It Is hoped by this means to remove
the danger of strikes for all time.
SUICIDE IN CHARLOTTE.
CHARLOTTE, N. C.—William Og
den, formerly a proof reader on it (in
elnaatk-newspaper, committed sulcldt
here last, night about midnight at tin
offices of the Philip Carey Mfg. Co.
FIRST HEBRE W CABINET
MINIS TER AT CA PITOL
Oscar Strauss, Who Succeeds to Port Folio Com
merce and Labor, Says the Culmina
tion of His Career Has Come.
WASHINGTON.—"I shall resign
from every business connection and
devote my eutlre energies to my work
as secretary of the department of
commerce and labor. It is work that
I have waited for for Ofi years, and is
the nearest to my heart,” so declared
Oscar Straus, philanthropist, publicist,
merchant and the first Hebrew to ac
cept a cabinet portfolio from a presi
dent. In an Interview today.
I.ast evening Mr. Straus appeared
If You Want the News
You Need The Herald
Give It a Fair Trial and
You Will Be Convinced
DAILY AND SUNDAY. $6.00 A YEAR.
police found John McDonald lying In
an alley almost dead from expomrs
onj u fractured skull.
At Washington, Pa., bloodhounds
started on the trail of a robber who
assaulted Mrs. Cole, wife of tho tax
collector of Orecno county, whose con
dition Is precarious.
At Beaver Falls. Pa., a thief entered
the home or Mrs. Mary McMullen, and
filling to find money, choked her
nearly to death.
Three itidt wero arrested last night
nt Somerset, Pa., charged with steal
ing j-.xj, and several hundred dollars'
wort .1 of government stamp* from
tho wife of a government revenue col.
lector.
At New Brighton two men wera
held up ami assaulted Inst night by
a highwayman.
A general man-hunt Is in progress
at McKeesport, Pa., several miles
from here, in an endeavor to capture
James Taylor, who murdered Isaac
Carter, Monday evening.
REM DUCES IN
THE NORTHWEST
———
Flood Area of 390 Square Mile* De
vastated by Raine and Melting
Snow—Lives Loat—Railroad Tracks
Washed Away.
TACOMA, Wash.—A flood area of
mo square miles in northwestern
j Washington Is the result today of
heavy rains anil melting snow which
jfor forty-eight hours have rushed
front slopes of Cascade mountains,
causing nearly all streams in the
northwest to spread over lowlands.
Seattle and scores of towns have
been for tho lust thirty-six hours cut
off from outside communication.
Bridges hav« been swept away, rail
road trackH washed out, telephone
and telegraph wires torn down. As
tar as can bo learned half dozen lives
have been lost.
Every railroad In the northwest Is
tied up, aud though few trains are
being run. no attempt is being made
at. Schedule.
Trucks washed away In many places
op different, roads, but It is hoped
to have tho damage repaired In a few
duys.
KINGLY DOWER FOR
COCKRi'S BRIDE
New York Orator and Statesman
Weda Miaa Ide Wednesday After
noon In New York.
NEW YORK.—When Miss Annie TT.
lie, daughter of former Governor
I General Henry Clay Ide, of the Phil
lupines, becomes tho bride of Bourk«
Cockran, at the Hotel St. Regis,
Thursday afternoon, tho bridegroom,
according- to his friends, will settle
upon her half u million dollars In real
estate, representing practically all the
holdings in his own rights in New
York'City. Mr. Cockran, it is said,
will also give his young and charm
ing bride ,i magnificent, necklace of
pearls, valued at $25,000.
Speculation ha* been rife for sev
eral days as to the character of the
wedding ceremony. Mila Ide Is an
Episcopalian aud It has been inti
mated that she might not change her
creed to thit of Mr. Cockran, who
tv a Catholic. There have been hints
1 * consequence that the ceremony
t Ight be a civil one, hut. an Intimate
j friend and the representative de
cayed today tho ceremony would bo
p rformed by a Cuthollc priest,
i Aside front the prominence of both
Mr. Cockran anil his bride, Thursday’s
nuptials have an especial hold on the
.-e mpathies and interest of the Arner
i tin people as being the outcome of
.tie second romance of semi-national
| mportance that saw its hey dey dur
h- the now famous trip of the Taft
i party.
1 the lobby of the New Willard h(V
I I, and shortly after hi* arrival, law
• vers, leading bankers of the country
and congressmen turned from their
conversation to catch a glimpse of
tie man who Is soon to succeed Secre
tary Metcalf. /
The fact that Mr. Straus defended
Mr. Hughes, while Ills brother. Nathan
Straus, defended Mr. Hearst, was com
mented upon as follows:
It was just a little difference *■ the
I family.”