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NUMBER 333 I
GENIUS' LIFE
PAYS PENALTY
GIFTED MAN SUCCUMBS TO THE
CHLOROFORM HABIT
FIGHTS FASCINATING DRUG FOUR
YEARS
Known Only by His Professional Name
Cheesebro Dies with Secret of
Strange Life on Stage,
Leaving Widow
As William A. Cheesebro, the victim of
chloroform, who died early yesterday,
will be burled, for by that name he was
knowp to every one but two Los Angeles
friends. It was a name assumed years
ago and used by him In his theatrical
work.
Cheesebro was Parmelee-Dohrman s
versatile window trimmer, a man who
was a mechanical genius, gifted In the
atrical, artistic and other pursuits, yet
his own worst enemy because he could
not resist the cravings of the chloroform
habit.
Four years or more ago Cheesebro was
troubled with painful teeth and ill ad
visedly resorted to chloroform to quiet
pain and produce sleep.
A career which doubtless would have
been a bright one was thus cut short,
for the dead man was not far in the
twenties.
Ends Promising Career
Cheesebro's battle with the drug was
the old story of gradual then absolute
enslavement. It brought him rest at
first, forgetfulncss and an imagery that
pictured fanciful experiences. The usual
relapse Into despair always accompany
ing the use of these stimulants invariably
nerved him for further doses.
Sometimes for weeks he would fight the
habit, but his resistance was weaker and
weaker.
Dr. W. E. Pritchard, 1 who had long
treated him, said the man mustered up
every resource he had to combat the
desire for chloroform, yet his will power
weakened constantly.
Last year when his mother died he was
able for three months to conquer the
desire for artificial stimulation, but it
was only a momentary cure.
Only intimate friends knew of the ter
rible struggle which raged in him, and
his employers w, re greatly surprised
when told yesterday that the man had
been a chronic chloroform user.
Decedent was a Native Son and for
years traveled the California circuits in
sketch work. His stage partner much of
the time was C. Benjamin.
Turns Wits Into Cash
Like- most thespians there were times
when they were harassed for money.
They had to use their wits to get tho
price of their room rents and meals.
It Is told of Cheesebro- that he once
struck Bakersfleld after an unprofitable
ft ¦* and resolving to do something to
get. /mtspey tried in vain to buy a paint
§' V Vrhe stocks had been bold out.
ly he hit on the device of having
vn ratner stiff hair cut, and with
jloned a brush which In three days
fct him In $40 for painting jobs.
%hittled like a master. With a
lo he could make mechanical toys of
all kinds. A favorite plan was to make
toy coffins out of odd sticks and, carving
a figure of a man for a corpse, would
paint the gruesome object in lifelike
style and sell the curio to barbers, cigar
men and others.
Years ago Cheesebro is said to have had
an estrangement with his father, who is
said to be still surviving. None of his
friends know where the old man is. It
is said that because of this family diffi
culty the young man assumed a profes
sional name.
Cheesebro leaves a widow, who lives at
the old home, 1253 East Forty-seventh
l street.
ADVOCATES OF MUNICIPAL
OWNERSHIP EF.'COURAGED
Former Mayor Dunne of Chicago
Makes Report at Session of Amer
ican League of Municipal!,
ties at Norfolk
By Associated Press.
NORFOLK, Va., Sept. 18.— The elev
enth annual convention of the Amer
ican League of Municipalities opened
today for a session of four days. Presi
dent Edward F. Dunne, former mayor
of Chicago told the large number of
cities that have been added to the
membership of the league during the
past year, the largest increase in its
history and the present flourishing con
dition of the organization. Judge
Dunne, reviewing the report of the
American Civic federation's special In
vestigation committee, said the report
was encouraging to the advocates of
municipal ownership.
Secretary MacVlcar read a paper on
franchise taxation prepared by Mayor
Todd of Jackson, Mich., who could not
attend.
BODY OF MEXICANS'
VICTIM SENT TO UTAH
George Rose, Slain by Bandits in
Southern Republic — Widow
Is Shattered In
Health
By Associated Press.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 18.— Word
reached the state department today
froni the American consul at Mexico
City that the body of George Rose, the
American mining engineer who was
killed at Guanajoahoto by Mexican
bandits some days ago, has been sent
to Salt Lake City, Utah.
Rose's wife, who was wounded at the
time her husband was killed, is gradu
ally recovering, but she Is much shat
tered in health. The consul general
reports that the men charged with the
crime have been apprehended. The
murdered man was a native of Mich
igan.
Carrie Nation Arrested
VBy Associated Pre«». ,i , , .; .
P) WASHINGTON, 1 , Sept." 18.— Mrs. Carrie
* Nation was j today .- arrested i and j locked
up to appear In the police tomor
/ row fon is the ! charge sof i disorderly con
\: duct. Mrs. Nation % refused, when re
i quested \by' an officer, to stop . lecturing
'.to 200 men from the ste»s of the post
office. -•¦.¦-¦;¦¦ ¦:.¦;¦) ¦¦{ ¦'¦-.-¦'; -• "."; ¦".¦'¦' -
Los Angeles Herald.
UNABLE TO DISTINGUISH
WIFE FROM HER DOUBLE
Mystery of Who's Who In Strange Chi.
cago Case Is Solved When the
Real Mrs. Kllmovicz
' Appears , ,
By Associated Press.
CHICAGO, Sept. 18.— The "real" Mrs.
Kllmovicz" has been found. The discov
ery today sets at rest all questions as to
the 1 identity of Miss Tillle Tolan, a Chi
cago girl, w^ho was claimed a few days
ago in Judge Cleland's court by John
Kllmovicz of Grand Rapids, Mich., as his
wife, and identified by Mrs. Mary
Zematls, also of Grand Rapids, as her
daughter.
Klimovlcz was arrested on a charge ot
disorderly conduct, on complaint of Miss
Tolan that he had been annoying her
by his persistent claims that she had
been married to him two years pre
viously. Mrs. Kllmovicz offered to fur
nish proof of her identity, but her re
semblance to her husband's pictures and
her remarkable likeness to Miss Tolan
were conclusive evidence.
The likeness between the two women
is so great that two mothers appeared
in court and each identified the Tolan
girl as her own daughter, Is more marked
In the women than In their pictures.
When the case of mistaken identity came
up In court Incidental to Klimovicz's trial,
Mrs. Kllmovic* was living under an as
sumed name three and a half miles east
of Elgin.
100 LIVES REPORTED
LOST IN SHIP FIRE
JAPANESE STEAMER ON FIRE OFF
CHING TAIANG
Unconfirmed Rumor Reaches Seattle
That 300 Chinese Had Perished
In Bristol Bay, Alaska,
Probably in Wreck
By Associated Press.
SHANGHAI, Sept. 18.— A Japanese
steamer, said to be the Tafoo Maru, is
burning three miles off Chine Taiarg, on
the right bank of the Yang Tse Klang,
forty-five miles from Naklng.
The Tafoo Maru Is still on fire as this
dispatch Is forwarded and the loss of life
or extent of the damage done have not
been ascertained, but is known that
many of the passengers and crew are
missing and it is estimated that one
hundred lives were lost.
The Tafoo Maru, formerly the Talng
Maru, is of 1758 tons register, and is 300
feet long. She was built in Japan in 1900
and belongs to the Osaka Shosen Ka
bushikl company of Osaka.
SEATTLE, Sept. 18.— An unconfirmed re
port reached Seattle this morning at 2
o'clock to the effect that 300 Chinese have
been drowned at Bristol bay, Alaska. Up
to noon no confirmation has tteWN re
ceived, but it is thought to have some
connection with the rumor that an un
known ship was lost tn Bristol bay.
RAILROAD'S FIGHT ON
LOW RATE WEAKENS
Corporations Believed to Have Come
to Realization That Their
Contention Has Little
Foundation
By Associated Press.
ST. PAUL, Sept. 18.— Judge Thos. Wil
son, attorney for the Omaha railroad, in
the hearing before Judge Lochren in the
federal court today in the motion for a
temporary injunction to restrain the state
from nutting the new rates into effect
lequested the court if any order was
made not to ditsurb the statu quo in the
matter of rates until the case could be
finally determined on its merits.
If the court heeds Judge Wilson's re
quest the recent two-cent passenger rate
recently put into effect will not be dis
turbed even if Judge Lochren grants a
temporary restraining order.
Judge Wilson did not explain why he
made this request, but it is surmised
that it indicated a weakness in the rail
road's contentions that the state has
no right to regulate rates which are in
terstate in nature.
JACKSON, Miss., Sept. 18.— The grand
jury of this county has reported true bills
against every railroad in this state for
their alleged failure to file statements
showing the number of ./asses issued and
to whom, as the law directs.
LEOPOLD, FEARING LOSS
OF CONGO, FOE OF PEACE
King of Belgium Opposes Arbitration.
His Action Causes Scan.
dal at The
Hague
By Associated Press.
THE HAGUE, Sept. 18.— The decision
of the Belgium government to oppose
obligatory arbitrations is attributed to
the demand of King Leopold, who is
fearful that his claims in the Congo
might be affected in the event of the
adoption of the proposal.
The king, it is added, has been unable
to induce M. Beernaert, head of the Bel
glum delegation, to vote against his life
long convictions and is said to have con
ceived the plan of leaving the represen
tation of Belgium on this subject solely
In the hands of the other two Belgian
delegates, both of whom are against
compulsory arbitration.
The king's action in this connection 1b
regarded here as being in the nature of a
scandal.
Candy Girls on Strike
By Associated Press.
SACRAMENTO, Sept. 18.— Thirty-eight
girls employed in the factory of the Cap
ital Candy company went on a strike
today. They demand a nine-hour day.
They have been compelled to work nine
and one-half hours.
Anti. Saloon League Elects
By Associated Press.
NORFOLK, Va., Sept. 18.— The antl
ealoon league of America in annual ses
sion here today elected Bishop Luther
8. . Wilson of Chattanooga, Term., pres
ident.
THURSDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER lih 1907.
WILL ARREST
BIG GRAFTERS
PENNSYLVANIA CAPITOL GRAB.
BERS IN DANGER
FOURTEEN PROMINENT MEN TO
BE PROBECUTED
Millions Bpent for Furnishings for New
Building — Some of Accused
Hasten to Answer
Charges
By Associated Press.
HARRISBURG. Pa., Sept. 18.-Warrants
for the arrest of fourteen persons Involved
In the state capitol scandal were Issued
today by two Harrisburg aldermen on In
formation furnished by Attorney General
Dodd. Each of the defendants Is charged
on several counts with conspiracy to
cheat and defraud the state by making
false invoices, and four of them are also
charged with obtaining money under false
pretenses.
Following Is a list of the men for whom
warrants were Issued: Joseph M. Hus
ton, architect, and his active assistant,
Stanford B. Lewis,' both of Philadelphia;
John H. Sanderson, Philadelphia, chief
contractor for furnishings; Congressman
H. Burt Cassell, Marietta, Pa., treasurer
and executive officer of the Pennsylvania
Construction company, contractors for
steel filing cases; James H. Shumaker,
Johnstown, Pa., former superintendent of
public grounds and buildings, who re
ceipted for the furnishings; George F.
Payne and his partner. Charles G. Wet
ter, both of Philadelphia, builders of the
capitol and contractors for the $303,000
attic: William P. Snyder, Spring City, Pa.,
former auditor general, who approved the
warrants of'the contractors; William L.
Mathues, Media, Pa., former, state treas
urer, who paid the bills of the contractors;
Charles F. Kinsman, Wallis Boileau, John
G. Neiderer and George K. Storm, all of
Philadelphia, stockholders in the Perm
Bronze company, organized by Sanderson
for the manufacture of the $2,000,000 light-
Ing fixtures; Frank Irvine, auditor in the
auditor general's office, who audited the
accounts of the contractors.
Prominent Men Involved
The men for whom warrants were Issued
include all of eighteen firms and persons
mentioned by the investigation commis
sion in Its report to Governor Stuart as
being Involved iin the capitol contracts,
with tho exception of Frank G. Harris,
former state treasurer, and Edward B.
Hardenberg, former auditor general, both
of whom were members of the board of
grounds and buildings that awarded the
Cassell contracts; George C. Kelm, book
keeper in Shumaker' s office and the pres
ent deputy superintendent of grounds and
buildings, and the International Manufac
turer and Supply company, an alleged
"dummy" bidder against Sanderson.
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 18— The arrests |
are based on the report made to Governor
Stuart by the commission created by the
legislature to investigate the capitol scan
dal. They win "fie TfoTTSwed ny WtvtT Suits
for the recovery of a portion of the $9,000,
00 collected by contractors for the fur
nishing and equipping of the capitol.
In Its report, made public about a month
ago, the commission named eighteen per
sons and firms as being Involved in the
capitol contracts and recommended prose
cution of any and all persons concerned
In the fraudulent transactions, named
specifically, and all persons who may be
directly or Indirectly involved.
John H. Sanderson and Joseph M. Hus
ton of this city left for the state capital
at 10:30 a. m. to appear before a magis
trate. Both were accompanied by coun
sel. Both had spent the summer away
from home during the investigation of the
fraud charges, and only returned to this
city yesterday to await the summons.
Huston's commission as architect for
the capitol commission for the construc
tion of the building and of the board of
public grounds and buildings, by which
It was furnished and equipped, amounted
to $625,000. Huston collected all of his
commissions except $104,000, which State
Treasurer Berry refused to pay on the
ground that there was evidence of fraud
and collusion in his transactions with the
board. Huston was one of the foremost
architects of Philadelphia.
One Qets Five Millions
John H. Sanderson of Philadelphia col
lected more than $5,525,000 for lighting fix
tures, furniture, marble and mahogany
wainßcotings and other furnishing of the
building. The state still owes him $100,
00 for furnishings which State Treasurer
Berry refused to pay on the ground that
there was evidence of fraud in the con
tracts. Sanderson's son served as an aid
on the military staff of Governor Beaver.
He retired from business after the ex
posure of the capitol scandal and has
since been spending most of his time In
New York.
Congressman H. Burd Cassell of Mari
etta is treasurer and executive officer of
the Pennsylvania Construction company,
which has had a monopoly of the con
tracts for metal furniture for the state
department for ten years or more. Cas
sell's firm collected $2,000,000 from the state
for steel filing cases for the capitol. Cas
sell is one of the Republican leaders of
Lancaster county and he was elected to
ongress from that county five years ago.
He served three terms in the state legis
lature.
How They Are Implicated
James M. Shumaker of Johnstown, Pa.,
was superintendent of grounds and
buildings during the construction and
equipment of the capitol. He receipted
for the capitol furnishings without ques
tion, and upon hla certificate and that of
Architect Huston the bills for these fur
nishings were paid. Shumaker was taken
ill about the time he was to be called
as a witness in the investigati6n last
summer and has since been a physical
wreck. George F. Payne and Charles G.
Wetter are members of the firm of George
F. Payne & Co. of Philadelphia, con
tractors for Jhe construction of the
capitol.
This firm was also the contractor for
the board of public grounds and buildings
for fitting up the aitlc of the building,
for which It collected from the state
$303,000. William P. Snyder as auditor
general and member of the board of pub
lic grounds and buildings approved the
warrants of the capitol contractors. Mr.
Snyder was also a member of tho capitol
building commission and was the only of
ficer who was a member of both bodies
during the construction and equipment
of the building.
William L. Mateus as state treasurer
paid the bills of the capitol contractors
upon the certificates of Huston and Shu
maker. Nearly all of these bills were
.paid during the two years Mateus was
state treasurer.
French Painter Dead
Z'v Associated Press.
PARIS. Sept. 18.— Louis Waterlin, the
painter, is dead.
Can Standard Oil, with Profits of $490,315,934, Afford to Pay
$29,000,000 Fine?
FACE DEATH
IN FLAMES
SAN FRANCISCO FLATS BURN;
MANY HOMELESS
Fire for Time Threatens Entire North
Beach District— Many Have
Thrilling Escapes from
Death
By Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 18.— A fire that
started in a house In course of construc
tion at Greenwich and Stockton streets
this afternoon threatened to spread all
over the north beach district. Six flats
and a private house, as well as the half
built structure rapidly burned, leaving
twelve families homeless.
Several of these had only recently moved
from refugee camps In which they had
been living for months. None of these
saved any furniture.
In one house there were five young girls
and a paralyzed woman, Mrs. T. Ryan, 05
years old. The girls were unable to carry
her out and ran Into the street crying for
help. Two unknown men rushed to their
assistance and rescued the helpless wo
man.
The 9-year-old daughter of Mrs. Thomp
son, who occupied one of the top flats,
ran back for her cat and her dog and
was dragged away screaming in time to
save her life.
In this flat was an old man, Daniel Tay
lor, 85 years of age, who was with diffi
culty helped from the building. Several
others also had narrow escapes.
The six flats destroyed were numbered
1827 to 1833 Stockton street and belonged
to B. Vennaglin. The corner house was
owned by Mrs. E. Stevens.
COPPER COMPANIES TO
CURTAIL PRODUCT HALF
Subsidiary Concerns of Amalgamated
Vote to Decrease Output, De.
clslon to Take Effect
at Once
By Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Sept. 18.— Directors of the
subsidiary companies of the Amalgamated
Copper company at a meeting in this city
today voted to curtail the output of those
companies by 50 per cent or more of the
normal output.
This action will take effect Immediately.
The companies represented were the Ana
conda, Butte and Boston, Boston Mon
tana and the Parrott Mining companies.
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OKLAHOMA ROLLS UP
BIG DEMOCRATIC VOTE
Constitution Adopted and Bourbon
Ticket Is Winner by Majority
of from 25,000 to
40,000
Bj Associated Pi-mis.
LINCOLN. Neb., Snpt. 18 —The Com
moner this afternoon has the following
telegram from J. M. Thompson of Okla
homa City, chairman of the state com
mittee, saying:
"The constitution has been ratified by
21,000 and the Democratic ticket elected by
from 25,000 to 40,000. Convey the news to
W. J. Bryan with our heartiest congratu
lations."
OKLAHOMA CITY," Sept. 18.— The re
turns from yesterday's election that ar
rived today and tonight continue to be of
the same tenor, that the constitution had
been adopted three to one, that prohibi
tion has carried by nt least 30,000, and
that the Democratic state ticket, headed
by Charles N. Haskell of Muskogee, has
been elected by a majority of more than
20,000. In the congressional elections the
Democrats seem to have chosen four or
five representatives, according to returns
received tonight.
The legislature is Democratic by a large
majority and will elect as United States
senators Robert L. Owens, a Cherokee
Indian, and T. P. Gore, the famous blind
orator.
WOMEN PULL HAIR IN
FIGHT OVER BALL GAME
Married and Single Join In Free.for-
All Scramble at Clambake
in Massachu
setts
SPRINGFIELD, Mass., Sept. 18.— At the
fourth annual women's clambake the
baseball game between the married
women and the single women broke up
with a hair-pulling contest. The bake
was held at Riverside grove, 335 women
sitting down to the tables. All men were
debarred.
Capt. E. H. Smith and his assistants,
who prepared the bake, and the mem
bers of the orchestra were the only ones
allowed In the grove. Even they had to
remain outside the charmed circle, and
could not partake of the dinner until
afterward, and were not allowed to wit
ness the sports.
Real beer was served and in every way
the bake was the counterpart of those
held during the season by the husbands,
fathers and brothers of the participants.
Each woman, however, was limited to a
single bottle of beer. The baseball game
came after the bake and ended In a gen
uine row at the end of the first Inning.
While one of the unmarried women was
explaining how the game should be
played— and wherein everybody else was
wrong — one of the married women
crossed the plate with the run which
made the score 4 to 3 in favor of her
team. This brought forth such a vigor
ous protest that the talking match de
veloped Into a hair-pulling contest. Mrs.
W. E. Sanderson, wife of Mayor Sander
son, who was umpire, escaped injury.
There was also trouble over one of the
races, two women claiming to have won
first prize. The married women won the
tug of war, and, In fact, carried off the
honors of the day.
Russians Rob Bank
By Associated Press.
. MONTREUX, . Switzerland, Sept. 18.—
Two Russians today entered the looal
bank, shot and killed the cashier, seized
the cash' box and fled. A crowd gave
chase. The robbers fired at and wounded
four of their pursuers before they were
captured.
Root Leaves for Washington
By Associated Press.
UTICA, N. V., Sept. IS.— Secretary of
State Klihu Boot left his summer home
at Clinton today for Washington. On the
25th he will start for Mexico.
SINGLE; COPIES : DAILY. B CENTS
bUN (jrJLHi tUr IJCj» . SUNDAY, * CENTS
ENGLAND HAS
TAINTED MEAT
"DISMAL SWAMP" WORSE THAN
"JUNGLE"
Sir James Crichton. Browne Urges
Abolishment of Private Slaugh
ter Houses end New Meth
od of Inspection
By Associated Press.
LONDON, Sept. 18.— Sir James Crlchton-
Browne, in delivering the presidential ad
dress at the annual meeting of the Sani
tary Inspectors' association at Llanduno,
referred ( to the English meat supply and
urged the abolition of private slaughter
houses and the providing of abbatoirs and
a central office for meat inspection. Then
people no longer would find "prize Christ
mas fat beef absolutely filled with gen
eralized tuberculosis."
He added:
"If Chicago has its Jungle, London has its
Dismal swamp."
In another part of his address the emi
nent physician denounced what he de
scribed as the prevalent craze for getting
thin.
"On all hands," he said, "the cry is that
we eat too much. So fierce In some quar
ters is the propaganda of dietetic ascet
ism that In dread of being suspected of
gluttony people only indulge their greedy
appetite in secret."
This craze, Sir James declared, was pro
ducing a debility which sufferers there
from were seeking to combat by indul
gence in alcohol and narcotics.
BONAPARTE VOICES STERN
VIEWS ON LAW BREAKING
Attorney General Favors Severe Pun
ishment, Irrespective of Its
Effect on the Indi
vidual
By Associated Press.
CHICAGO, Sept. 18.— Today's session
of the national prison congress was held
at Chicago university and the principal
feature was an address by Attorney Gen
eral Bonaparte on "Punishment and Par
don."
Mr. Bonaparte spoke of the value of
discipline as having a "Miraculous power
to radically change human nature" and
of the necessity of insuring obedience to
the sovereign will by punishment of dis
obedience. The efficacy of any form of
punishment, however, he said, must be
judged by its results to the community
In diminution of crime. Its effects on the
lawbreakers themselves, while worthy of
note, are, he said, of vastly less mo
ment.
Mr. Bonaparte said he had seen no rea
son to repent of his suggestion, made in
a magazine article some years ago, that
an attempt to commit a capital crime
ought to be made Itself capital; and that
a fourth commission of a major crime
should render the offender liable, in dis
cretion of the court, to the death penalty.
Greeks Disdain Mexicans
By Associated Press.
SAN DIEGO, Sept. 18.— A strike of
Greek laborers employed by the South
ern Construction company, occurred this
afternoon. They were working on a rail
road grade, and two Mexicans were do-
Ing some blasting on the hill above them.
They considered the Mexicans an inferior
race and would not turn a shovel while
they were working.
31 Japanese Killed on Vessel
By Associated Press.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 18.— The state
department was advised today that the
Japanese government officially announced
that thirty-one men were killed and
eleven wounded by the explosion of shells
on the Japanese battleship Kashima. Mr.
Dodge, charge d'affaires at Toklo, has
expressed to the Japanese foreign office
the regrets of this government.
OIL CO. GETS
HUGE PROFIT
STANDARD'S FIGURES SHOW 1000
PER CENT OF GAIN
OCTOPUS UNDER GOVERNMENT'S
FIRE
Officials of Trust Forced to Reveal
Secrets of Various Companies
Which Are Accused of Rob
bing the Public
B/ Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Sept. 18. — More light
was shnd upon the remarkable earning;
capacity of the various subsidiary com
panies of the Standard Oil company to
day when prank B. Kellogg, who la
conducting the federal suit, succeeded
In placing upon the record the profits
of seventeen of the principal subsidiary
companies in the years 1903 and 1904.
The statement of earnings of the
Standard OH company of Indiana,
which was recently fined $29,240,000 by
Judge Landls of Chicago for rebating,
disclosed that In 1906 the company
earned $10,516,082 on a capitalization
of $1,000,000 or over 1000 per cent a
year. The Indiana company In 1908
earned more than any subsidiary com
pany of the combine.
Mr. Kellogg developed during the
day, while Clarence G. Fay, assistant
comptroller of the Standard Oil com
pany, was on the stand, a curious prob
lem of financial bookkeeping or hand
ling of accounts which Mr. Fay failed
to explain.
From figures submitted It was shown
that the Standard Oil company of New
York in l»04 made a profit of $7,775,760
and paid dividends to the Standard Oil
company of New Jersey the total sum
of $31,998,430. This transaction re
duced the net assets of the New York
company from $40,425,900 to $15,179,706,
while the liabilities leaped from $47,
646,235 In 1903 to $81,395,145 in 1904,
increase of nearly $34,000,000.
Some Frenzied Finance
The gross assets of the New YorJ-.
company, however, increased from $88,
07*.5 Mm 1903 to $96,574,852 in 1904.
Meanwhile the accounts receivable of
the Standard Oil company of New Jer
sey ftrew from $19,045,041 in 1903 to
$58,272,924. Mr. Fay was closely ques
tioned as to the nature of the Increased
liabilities of the New York company
and the increase in the accounts receiv
able of the Standard Oil company of
New Jersey, but he said he could not
tell until he had examined the books of
both companies, which he told Mr. Kel
logg he would do.
Charles M. Pratt, secretary of the
Standard company, was recalled to the
witness stand, told how he had held for
the Standard Oil company the stock of
Waters-Pierce Oil company at the time
when it was permitted to operate in
the state of Texas. He said that ho
held the stock as a matter of conven
ience and not to avoid the anti-trust
laws of Texas.
Question of Ownership
Mr. Platt threw some Interesting
side lights on the Waters-Pierce OH
company, the stock of which was held
a long time by M. M. Van Burne, who
was not connected with the Standard
Oil company. Mr. Van Burne pur
chased the stock from Mr. Pratt and
early this year the Standard OH com
pany bought it back.
The nature of the transaction showed
that Mr. Van Burne received from tha
Standard Oil company exactly what he
paid for the stock and that during the
time he held it the dividends were paid
to the Standard Oil company.
. H. S. Tllford. treasurer of the Stand
ard Oil company, was called to the
stand late today and Mr. Kellogg made
an effort to have spread on the records
a copy of the trust agreement of 1882,
but John G. Mllburn, chief counsel for
the Standard company, objected on the
ground that such an agreement was
prior to July 2, 1890. when the Sherman
anti-trust law went into effect.
Try to Get Records
Further efforts to obtain the records
of the liquidation trustees of the Stand
ard Oil trust, which effected the disso
lution of the trust and formed the present
Standard OH company of New Jersey,
were made by Frank B. Kellogg, who Is
conducting the suit for the government.
Clarence Fay, assistant comptroller
of the Standard, was recalled today and
questioned about the C. M. Pratt Invest
ment company. He said that Income
from this source In 1902 was $137,400, and
the money was paid over to the Standard
Oil company by C. M. Pratt, who yester
day testified that he held stock of the
Waters-Pierce OH company 6f Texas for
the Standard company and that the
Standard company held the stock of th«
C. M. Pratt Investment company in lieu
of Waters-Pierce Oil company stock.
Mr. Fay testified that between 1599 and
1906 the stock of the Waters-Pierce OH
company did not appear upon the books
of the Standard Oil company of New
Jersey as an asset. In 1899 the latter
conjpany's balance sheet showed owner
ship of 2747 shares of the Waters-Pierce
stock valued at $3,067,892. Mr. Fay was
questioned about certain Central Trust
company certificates held by the Stand
ard Oil company between 1899 and 1904.
A 'statement from the company showed
that stock of the National Storage com
pany was sold in exchange for Lehigh
Valley railroad bonds and deposited with
the Central Trust company, which Issued
certificates in exchange. In 1896 these
Central Trust certificates were exchanged
for $100,000 in cash and $500,000 worth of 4
per cent bonds of the Lehigh Valley
Railroad company.
Some Amazing Figure*
The statement of dividends and profits
of seventeen of the subsidiary corpora
tions of the Standard OH company of
New Jersey as presented In the federal
proceedelngs now in progress in this city
follows:
Atlantic Refining company, In 1903, cap
ital $5,000,000, -dividends $8,499,830, profits
$9,794,190; in 1906, dividends $2,249,955, profits
$5,506,237.
Buckeye Pipe Line company. In 1903,
capital $10,000,000, dividends $1,499,953,
profits $4,0-2,147: in 1906, dividends $5,799,
798, profits $7,023,362.
Continental OH company, in 1903, capi
tal $300,000, dividends $4S8,000; profits $578,
90; in 1906. dividends $406,000; profits
$575,043.
Eureka Pipe Line company, in 1903, cap
ital $3,000,000, dividends $2,949,440, profits
$3,118,395; in 1906, dividends $3,949,634, profits
$2,433,104.
Galena Signal, in 1903, capital $4,000,000,
dividends $1,125,560, profits $1,632,271; in
1906, dividends $1,377,200. profits $2,803.!>58.
Indiana Pine Line company, in 1803, cap
ital $1,000,000, dividends $3,793,000, profits
$4.19G,6i>4; in 1906, dividends $2,179,346, profits
$2,314,583.
National Transit company, in 1903, capl-
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