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MEMBERS OF MEDICAL SOCIETY OF VIRGINIA IN CONVENTION HERE~
ATHLETICS HOW
For Second Time Win
Honors in World's Se?
ries Ball Games.
HITTING CONTEST
MARKS LAST GAME
Giant Pitchers Unable to Stop
Onslaught of Mackmcn, Who
Hit Safely Thirteen Times
for Total of Seventeen
Bases?Final Score
13 to 2.
Summary of Game
' Score 1 Athletics, 18j Giants. 3,
Attendance, 20,465.
i Receipts, ?30,109.
\atlODal Commission's share, $3,
\ IIO.UO.
' Each club's share, ?10,248.03.
BY "TV COBB.
(Copyright. 1811, the Press Company.)
Philadelphia, Pa., October 26.?
Fighting with the determination of a
lion cornered and forced to make a
desperate struggle to get free. tn*
Athletics. American Leagut champions
won the title of world's baseball cham
plena this afternoon at Shlbe Park
This Is the second successive victory
tor the Athletics over the representa?
tives of the National League in a bit
tie for the highest baseball honors
To win the world's championship foi
1911, the Athletics this afternoon bat
tered to only a semblance of a bubo
ball team the New York Giants, pen
nan 1 winners In the National Leag'.e
The crack of Mack bats ab base hits
rang out merrily out-smothered Mo
Graw's hopes after the third inning of
the contest, and the carnage continu?
ed until the final score stood 13 to 2 In
favor of the Athletics, when the cur?
tain was rung down on this wonderful
Barles of 1811.
Manager Mack certainly took a gam?
bler's chance when ho sent his remark?
able Indian pitcher, Bender, to the
mound to win this decisive game. But
how nobly tho '"Chief" responded to
the faith put in him is now a chapter
ln baseball history. Surprise was ap?
parent everywhere 'when Bender was
announced as tho twlrler at the start
of the game. It hud been generally
believed and understood that liddlr
Plank would be chosen. First of all j
Plank had not worked since Mondny.i
October 16, with the exception ol that
final Inning in New York yesterday.
And it is a well known tact that the
nervous southpaw Is usually more ef?
fective when working before a home
crowd.
ludlaii Too Cautious.
Bender, on the other hand, is alwa>s
at his best after a good rest. He can?
not be worked too often. Tho Chief
had pitched on Tuesday, and was In a
hard game then, too. Now here Is how
Manager Mack gambled:
He sent Bender In to oppose the
Giants, knowing that if the Indian
lost the series would be tied, und he
had only plank, Morgan, Krause and'
two young recruits to put In the bjx]
In New York to-morrow to capture tho
final and deciding game. Coombs was
in bed unable to walk as u result of
an Injury received In yesterday's
game. Indeed, I think Manager Mack
"cut tho cards" and trusted that the
"ace" would show. Yet I want to
pay this tribute to Bender: It must
have been supreme confidence in tho
ability of tho Indian to win the game
and end the series which made him
the pitching selection.
"When Bender started, I think he was
too careful, j He knewv how^-much de
ponded upon the cunning of his good
right arm. He failed to get the usual
"breaks" on his ball, and seemed to
be alarmed about his support, which
wavered somewhat. Although the run
which the Giants scored In the first In?
ning was tho direct result of a fumble,
every ball the New Yorkers hit was a
?lashing drlvo which wbh not easy to
handle. Although during the first
three or four inning*, I was thlnfclitgr
that the "Chief" was going to havo
his troubles. After his team started to
light with determination back of hltu
.(Continued on Sixth Page.).
PETITION OF BONDHOLDERS
Aalta (o fir Allowed to Appear at Hear?
ing; on Dlmtolutlon Plao.
New York. October 26.?The Ameri?
can Tobacco Company 6 per cent, bond
honders protective committee to-day
filed Ub petition with the Cnlted Stales
Circuit Court and mated that the ma?
jority of the 6 per cent, bonds have
been deposited. The petition asks per?
mission to appear at the hearing next
Monday, but does not state the com?
mittee's posluon on the dissolution
plan.
The 4 per cent, bondholders also
filed a petition, slating that the com?
mittee has on deposit a majority of the
4 per cent, bonds. The committee says
that the reorganization plan filed by
the committee 1b satisfactory to all de?
positing bondholders. Holders of 5,210
shares of the common stock of the
company, the entire Issue of which
amounts to ?40,212,100. presented a pe?
tition asking to be allowed to appear
specially In behalf of themselves und
others similarly situated relative to the
approval of the dissolution plan, and
upon any objections as well as upon
any alternative plan or plans which
may bo presented.
TO CONTINUE EXPERIMENTS
Approach of West Indian Hurricane
Probably Prompts Declalon.
Kill Uevu ttill. .V C, Octooer 26.--Ir
the nope of meeting With a lurty-tivt
or liiiy-niuc wtnu, Orville u ngut au
oouiiced bo-day tbat ne probably would
remain here inrougnout next week to
try out nis gliuer, wilh watch no U
experimenting to discover some means
01 automatically maintaining tile equi?
librium ol a neavier-tnan-air machine
While >n 111 gilt.
'i ne appruacn . of the West Indien
hurricane |? believed lo nave prompt?
ed Mr. Wrtgnis uecision. uitnougn no
? .1.1 annuuncea that ne wouta aoandou
me tcsls Saturday.
As soon as tne West Indian gale
strikes mis coast, it is understood that
Mr. Wngai win give tne giiumg ap?
paratus a more severe test tnur. it
?las yet undergone. Twenty-lour nights,
? il of snort duration, were maae lo
,aj by \\ rlglu ana Alexander ogilvie,
? ne Lnglian aviator, but tne winu was
ifo ligui tor results. Tne experiments
will be coiulnueu to-morrow.
SUBSIDIARf COMPANY SOLD
Tobacco Trost Taue* First Step lu
ProcCSa Of Dissolution. j
- ew Orleans, La., uotouer 26-?An?
nouncement wan made here to-day
that tne tlernsneim Company. Limited,
o. ihis city, munuiuciurera ot cigars,
..ad been uisposeo ot by the Aider- 1
lean 'lobuceo Company. The pur
cnascrs are H. W. Cobb, former pres?
ident of the company; R. B. Rogers,
secretary, and J. fuller Malone, ot
Tampa, r la. This Is said to be the
first actual severance of a subsidiary
company from th?t greut corporation
which Is now In the process of disso?
lution In compliance with the order ->f
the United Slates Supreme Court. I
The Hernsheim Company was. capi?
talized at 122a,U000, one third of which j
wus owned by Mr. Cobb, and the re?
mainder by the American Tobacco
Company. ' <?
RAT-KILLER FOR HONOLULU
Dr. Blue, Famous In Friaco, Sails for
the inlands.
San Francisco, October 26.?Dr.
Rupert Blue, of the United Stater, pub?
lic health and marine hospital ser- \
vice, who has been stationed In this
city for some years, will sail for Hono?
lulu November 4 to become chief quar?
antine otllcer of the Island. He will ne
accompanied by Assistant Surgeon C.
W. McCoy, who will relieve Dr. Donald
Currle at the leprosy laboratory on |
Molokai Island.
Dr. Blue and Dr. McCoy caine to thlsj
city several years ago, at the time of
the bubonic plague scare, and started I
the rat-killing crusade, which resulted
in the extermination of some hundreds!
of thousands of rodents.
RIOTING IS EXPECTED
Cuuboat Goes to Protect American In?
terest* During Honduras Election.
Mobile, Ala., October 26.?Advicea
received here to-day from Honduras
on the arrival of the British steam
?hlp LUlle, arc to the effect that rlot
li.2 and general disorder is expected
to accompany the presidential election
in that republic next Sunday. To pTO- |
tect American Interests, tho American
gunboat Wheeler has been dispatched
to' Puerto Cortez and is now In port
there.
SUMMER HOME CLOSED
Mrs. Taft and Miss Helen Taft Leave
Beverly for Washington.
Beverly, Mass., October 26.?Mrs.
William H. Taft and Miss Helen Taft,
wife and daughter of the President,
left their summer home. Parramata,
a. Montserrat, for the season to-day.
They lVft for Washington, where they
will stay for a few days and then go
to Hot 'Springs, Va., to' remain until
the President returns from his West
ei l t. p and Joins them.
JURY FINALLY CHOSEN
End of Pour Daya of Wrangling by
Counsel In Mcllee Cane.
Opelousns. La., October 26.?After
?four t,ays of wrangling over talesmen
by opposing counsel, the Jury was
completed at 9:40 to-night In the case
of Mrs. Zoe Runge McRee for the al?
leged murder of young Allan Thurirfan
Garland, who was killed In her home
here on September. 21 last,
' . .; '' ".',. ' * ? '' '' ' *. '
Beck Condemns Three
and Crders Their Re?
moval Immediately.
LIKELY TO FALL
IN HEAVY biORM!
Broad Street Methodist, First
Presbyterian and Seventh
Street Christian Found to Be
in Dangerous Condition.
Formal Notice Served
on Officers.
Wooden frame steeples on Broad
Street Methodist, First Presbyterian j
ana Seventh Street Christian Churches
were summarily condemned yesterday
by Building Inspector Beck, and ord
ered removsd at once. The steeple on
Broad Street Methodist Church is re?
garded as especially dangerous, in
specilon of the Interior showing that
many of tho supporting beams hKve|
slipped out of place, and the inspecting
officers express doubt as to whether it
would stand In the event of a sharp
storm. The other two are not regard?
ed as Immediately dangerous, though
specimens of worm-eaten and lifeless
wood are on exhibition at the otilce if
the Building Inspector. The Inspection
of the church steeples will go on
promptly. Grace Street Presbyterian
and Clay Street Methodist Church
steeples have been examined and found
In good order and of sufficient strength
Trinity Methodist la now under crlti-j
cal examination, and if it is not ord- j
ered down, it will have to undergo!
some repairs.
Dangerous Conditions Found. '
Several days ago the attention of the
Building Inspector's office was called j
to the condition of Broad Street Metho. |
d]st, at Tenth and Broad Sts., one of the!
oldest church buildings in the centra]
section of the city?a companion struc?
ture to the First Baptist, Monumental
Episcopal and the old First Presbyter
lan, which formerly occupied the pres?
ent City Hall site. Deputy Inspector
Phillips was assigned to the work, and
because of Its peculiarly dangerous and
difficult character, and of the import?
ance of thorough work, Mr. Beck em
Ployed Edward Dyson, formerly fore?
man for the John T. Wilson Construc?
tion Company, to assist In the Inspec?
tion of all steeples. Broad Street
Methodist, an old wooden frame affair
of antiquated type, was found utterly
worm-eaten and rotten; so much so
that the Interior beams were in some
places hardly strong enough to sup?
port the weight of the inspectors as|
thay climbed from beam to beam In
the uppermost recesses of the spire
far above the little door through which
painters usually swing their ladders
for outside repairs.
Building Itself tn Dsatjer.
The condition of this steeple is held
to endanger the church building itself
and the surroundings, Including the
City Hall, just opposite, and formal
notice was at once served on L. T.
Christian, chairman of the board of
trustees, directing him to have . tho
180-foot structure from tts base to
apex removed at once as a menace to
public safety. Mr. Beck said he had
not determined as yet whether to al?
low the auditorium of the church to
be used pending the changes. It will
depend on the character of scaffolding
erected in removing the spire.
In hin letter to Major Christian, Mr.
Beck says: "Tho main columns as well
as the brace timbers were found to be
in a very decayed and worm-entvn i
condition, making this part of tho
church a very unsafe proposition, and'
one that demands Immediate attention."!
It Is reported that there Is a consid?
erable movement among the members'
of Broad Street Methodist Church to',
sell the old building and move to son.e
uptown location, leaving Centenary ;.s
the only downtown Methodist Church.
Two Others condemned.
Letters of formal notification wore
also sent yesterday to Henry W. Wood,
president of the board of deacons of;
the First Presbyterian Church, at'
Madison and (.race Streets, calling his,
attention to the "dilapidated and un?
safe condition of the wooden spire."
which is described as "decayed and
worm-eaton and unsafe," and the In?
spector directs its "immediate removal
forthwith." A similar letter wa? sent'
to T. M. Hundley, chairman of the of-'
flclal board of the 8eventh Street'
Christian Church. In the case of this,
church the spire is of wood, slate cov-j
ered, and was repaired only six or|
(Continued on Seventh Fa*04 "J
ACTION MUCH LIKE
VOTE OF CENSURE
Medical SccietyDeplores
Carrington's Deieat
as Surg on.
NO OrPOSIlION
iO RLSoLUIIO:s
Dr. Hugh M. Taylor, of Rich?
mond, Elected President of
State Organization?Norfolk
Named as Next Place of
Meeting?Many Valu?
able Papers Read.
What Is reported In many, quarters
as being tantamount to a vote of cen?
sure on the recent action of the State
Penitentiary Board was recorded yes
tvi uay at the morning session uf the
Medical Suclety of Virginia, when that
body unanimously adopted the follow?
ing resolution:
"Heeolved, that It Is the nenne of the
Medical Sucic y of .Virginia that the
Mate lost u must raluaoie and eapaoie
? idlerr nkea Or. Cuarlea V. Carrlnglou
was not re-elected surgeon of the
Mate Penitentiary."'
The resolution was introduced by Dr.
wuiiam D. Turner, of isle of Wight
county, and was adopted furthwnh
without a dissenting vote.
Provoked Mucu Comment.
This otnciul inuorsemem ot Dr. Car
rlngton by tho pnysocians of Virginia
as an organized bouy provuKed a good
deal of comment in tne hotel lobo.cn
and on the street as soon as it became
generally known, and mere were not
wanting men who consiaered the ac?
tion ot the society at this lime ill-ad
vised. partisans 01 the Mann wing
even went su tar as lo declare that lue
action uid not represent me general
opinion of me society, and that the
resolution was put through only when
a small proportion of me delegates
were present in the hall.
Whatever may be the merits of tho
case, there remains the fact that a
working quorum of the members ot
the Medical Society of Virginia act?
ing as an official body passed a unan
mous resolution, which all but conuoies
a vote of disapproval of the recent ac?
tion of the Penitentiary Board.
Taylor Elected President.
At the annual election of office: s
which took place at 1 o'clock in the
afternoon. Dr. Hugh M. Taylor, of
Richmond was chosen president. The
other major officers elected were: First
Vice-President, Dr. Samuel Eile, Dynch
burg; Second Vice-president, Dr. Jos.
Grlce, Portsmouth; Third Vice-Presi?
dent. Dr. S. B. Moore, Alexandria; Sec?
retary, Dr. Paulus A. Irving, Farm
\ ille, and Treasurer, Dr. Greer Baugli
man. Richmond. The ireasurership
was warmly contested, the Richmond
physician winning out by a narrow
margin over Dr. R. S. Grli.?th, of Basic
City.
The nominating committee brought
in the following slate of minor officers
which was unanimously indorsed:
Chairman of the Judiciary committee
?Dr. C. R- Grandy, Norfolk.
Chairman of '.he membership com?
mittee?Dr William D. Turner, Isle of
Wight county; to fill the vacancy on
the membership committee caused by
the election of Dr. W. W. Cliaffln to
the State Board of Medical Examin?
ers. Dr. Aaron Jeffrey.
Councilors at largo?Dr. A. JU Gray,
Richmond, and Dr. Charles V. Carrlng
ton. Richmond. The other councilors
at large were re-elected.
In addition to seven district coun?
cilors who were chosen to succeed
themselves the three following were
elected: From the First District, Dr.
Clarence Porter Jones, Ne ^ort News;
Third District. Dr. H. V. Stcphenson,
Toano; Tenth District, Dr. P. E. Tuck?
er. Buckingham county. On the leg?
islative committee, Dr. McGuire New?
ton, of Richmond, was chosen to take
the place of Dr. J. n. Ayres. The per?
sonnel of all other committees remains
the same.
Drs. W. E. Anderson and J. Stalge
Davis were elected delegates to the
American Medical Association, with
.Drs. H. D. Howe 'and o- G. Pedlgo as
alternates.
To Meet Next In Noriolk.
The subject that will form the cen?
tral topic of discussion at the next
annual'--meeting will be "Gastric and
Duodenal Ulcer," the following phy?
sicians being selected to lead: Dr. J.
Stalge Davis, University of Virginia,
"Clinical Mrynlfestatlons and Diagno?
sis:". Dr. Jl G. Nelson, Richmond, "Med?
ical Treatment," and Dr. lomax Gwath
(Continued, on Fifth yPageoT"
THRONE SUBMITS
TO ATE DEMANDS
Sh eng-Hsuan-Huai,
Min ister of Posts. Strip?
ped of His hank
RIOi LEADERS
GIVEN FREEDOM
New Appointments in Cabinet
May Mean Offer by Manchus
to People of Complete Con?
stitutional Government in
Return for Cessation
of Hostilities.
Peking. October 26.?The throne to?
day surrendered to the Tsu-Oheng
Yuan. China's National Assembly, and
lu compliance with Its demands dis?
missed Sheng-Hsuan-IIuat. Minister of
Posts and Communications: ordered
Prince Chlng, president of the Cabinet,
before a board of Inquiry, where ho
doubtless will be severely dealt with;
released from custody" the president of
the Sze-Chuen Provincial Assembly,
and other leaders In the riots at Cheng
Tu, and, In fact, agreed to all that the
Assembly asked, with lack of dignity
inconceivable to Western observers.
The edict promulgating these orders
has been read with regret by the for?
eigners, especially those, who were as?
sociated with Sheng-Hsuan-Huai In
negotiations for loans and in reforms,
which brought about his downfall.
Sheng-Hsuan-Huai has been stripped
of his rank; Prince Chlng. the Prime
Minister, and Na-Tung and Hsu-Shlh
Chang, Vice Prime Ministers, as well
us sevoral viceroys, have been handed
over to an Inferior board for consid?
eration as to their guilt in causing
the present rebellion, while members of
the Provincial Assembly, who provoked
the uprisings in Sze-Chucn, have been
released from prison.
Jtei-ognlrr* Defeat.
The edict repeats over the throne's
seal the allegations and charges made
against the Minister of Posts and Com?
munications and others made by a
heated, radical and controlled Assem?
bly, but Chinese affairs cannot be
Judg-id by Western standards. It will
be considered here, however, that the
throne acted wisely, that it recognized
Its defeat and submitted to force. The
appointment of Tang-Shao-YI to suc?
ceed .Sheng-Hsuan-Huai Is believed to
forecast the appointment of Yuan-Shl
Kal to the second office In the Cabinet,
if not to tho premiership.
With the prospect of Yuan-Shl-Kai.
who is a Chinaman, leading the coun?
try, now ruled by tho National Assem?
bly, It Is evident that the Manchus
mean to offer to the people complete
and Immediate constitutional govern?
ment In returne for cessation of hostili?
ties. It is reported that Yuan is al?
ready negotiating with the rebels.
Members of the legations, who are old
In experience In Chinese affairs, would
not be surprised if the revolution ter?
minated on these lines, practically
without further fighting.
Will Sail for Shanghai.
Washington, D. C, October 26.?
Rear-Admiral Murdock. commander
in-chief of the Astatic station, will
sail from Manila to-morrow on the
Rainbow for Shanghai. He will be fol?
lowed In a few days by his flagship,
tho Saratoga, to which he will trans?
fer his quarters and proceed to give
his undivided attention to directing
the movements of the American ves?
sels In Chinese waters, so as to secure
the greatest measure of protection for
Americans and Europeans
The officials here are still of the
opinion that tho foreigners have noth?
ing to fear from the revolutionaries,
who are strongely opposed to affording
any pretext for foreign Intervention,
such as might result, from assaults
upon foreigners or the destruction of
their property In China.
HOLY7 WAR PROCLAIMED
European Residents of Tripoli Fear a
ManHacrr.
London, October 26.?Four hundred
Italians were killed or wounded tn the
fighting around Tripoli on Monday and
Tuesday, but all newspaper corres?
pondents were forbidden to communi?
cate the extent of tho casualties, ac?
cording to a news agency dispatch
recetced here to-day front Tripoli,
which escaped Italian censorship by
being Hied at Valetta. Tho situation,
at Tripoli, the dispatch adds is serious.
European residents fear u massacre
as a holy war has been proclaimed by
the natives.
At 8harashett the left line of the
Italian dotense Is reported as being
hard creased by 3*9 Arabs.
Photo by Footer.
SUIT IS STARTED
FOR DISSOLUTION
OF STEEL TRUST
Most Sweeping Antitrust Action Ever Brought
by Government Alleges Great Combina?
tion Is in Violation of Sherman Law.
ACQUISITION OF TENNESSEE COMPANY
SCATHINGLY CRITICIZED IN PETITION
Declares Gary and Frick Misled Former President
Roosevelt in Gaining His Consent to Its Purchase^
Which Resulted in Removal of Concern That Had
Assumed Position of Potential Competition of Great
Significance?Morgan, Rockefeller, Schwab, Perkins
and Others as Individuals and Thirty-Six Subsidiary
Corporations Named as Defendants?Gary Dinners
Referred To.
Trenton, N. J., October M^?The gorernment'a Inngr planned ault to break tig
the eo-called atcel trust irns begnn here to-day La tho United States Circuit
Court. It la the moat sweeping antitrust action ever brought by the Depart?
ment of Justice. The government aaka not only for the dlasolntlon of the
United Statea Steel Corporation, hut for the dissolution of all constituent os
subsidiary companies which are alleged to have combined In violation of the
Sherman law to "maintain or attempt to maintain a monoply of the ateel bus?
iness." There are thlrtj-slx aubsldlary corporations named aa defendants.
J. Plerpont Morgan. John D. Rockefeller, Charles M. Schwab, George W.
Perkins, E. H. Gary, John D. Rockefeller. Jr.. Henry C. Frlcg, Charles Steele,
James Gayley. William H. Moore. Edmund C Converse, Perclval Roberts, Jr.,
Daniel G. Reld. Norman B. Ream, P. A. B. Wldencr and William P. Palmer are
named individually as defendants.
The United States Steel Corporation, Carnegie Steel Company, Carnegie
Company of New Jersey, Federal Steel Company, National Steel Company.
American Steel and Wire Company of New Jersey, National Tube Compqay,
Shelby Steel Tube Company, American Tin Plate Company, American Sheet a*d
Tin Plate Company. American Sheet Steel Company, American Steel Hoop Com?
pany, American Bridge Company, Lake Superior Consolidated Iron Mines, all
of which were organized under the New Jersey laws, and the H. C. Frick
Coke Company, Tennessee Coal and Iron Railroad Company and the Great West?
ern Mining Company are named as corporate defendants.
Louis W. Hill, James N. Hill. Walter J. Hill, E. T. Nichols and J. H. Gruber
arc named as trustees in connection with ore companies.
Groat Northern Railways ore properties, which tho directors of tho steel
company to-day formally decided to csncel, are alleged to be illegal. This action
of the directors was taken but a few hours beforo the riling of the bill
Government Advised of Intention.
The government acknowledges that It was advised of the Steel Corpora?
tion's intention in this respect, but that under the terms of the lease no cancel?
lation would be effeotlve until January 1, 1815, and there Is no limit upon tho
amount of ore that can be taken out in the meantime.
Sensational allegations fairly topple over each other In the government's
petition, which Js an equity proceeding, praying for injunctions to estop con?
tinuance of the alleged monopoly and euch other relief as tho court may grant.
The Steel Corporation's acquisition of the Tennessee Coal and Iron Com?
pany during the panic of 190S Is declared Illegal and scathingly criticized.
The petition declares that E. H. Gary and Henry C. Frick misled former Presi?
dent Roosevelt whon they told him that "but little benefit will come to the
Steel Corporation from the purchase." "Tho President," It says, "was not made
fully acquainted with the state of affairs in New York relevant to the transac?
tion as thoy existed. If ho had been fully advised he would have known that a
desire to stop the panic was not the sole moving cause, but that there was also
a desire and purpose to acquire the control of a company that had recently
assumed a position of potential competition of great significance.
"It is certain that the corporation availed Itself of the embarrassment of
Moore & Schley (New York brokers, who had largo holdings of Tennessee Coal
and Iron Company stock! at n most critical period, ami the hammering of the
Tennessee stock and the threatening of a general financial calamity, to acquire
the control of a competitor taking on a formidable aspect. The corporation
Ihus greatly strengthened Its control of the country's Iron oro supply, its pre?
dominating position in the South's iron and steel trade, eliminated a competitor
and unlawfully acquired a power which is a menace to the welfare of the coun?
try, and should be destroyed."
Reference to the Gary Dinners.
The Gary dinners are referred to, though not by name, as meetings which
accomplished more than written pools or agreements, which were frequently
broken. "It was understood and agreed." says the bill, "that they (the steel
manufacturers represented at the meetings) were bound to protect one another;
that to carry out this purpose their honor was at stake, and that the obligation
binding upon them was even dearer lhan lifo Itself, and that no one of them
should net or fall to act except with a distinct and clear understanding that his
honor was Involved, and that this was more binding on him than any written
or verbal contract. When bidden by the chief executive of the corporation,
they came at any time, from any distance, ready, willing and anxious to turn
over to him and to his friends all that was In their minds and in their hearts
concerning their own business."
Interlocking directorates, through which those in power in the Steel Cor?
poration held positions of Influence In the directorates of other powerful cor?
porations, are referred to as "a method more refined, more euphonious, but
nono the lees effective than pools." "Through Its directors thus distributed,"
eays the government's petition, "the corporation Is In direct touch with all of
the large railroad and steamship companies of the United States, such powerful
concerns os the Standard Oil Company, the Pullman Company, the International
Harvester Company and' the Western Union Telegraph Company, and with the
overwhelming majority In money and power of the banks and trust companies
of the United States. The possibilities of the power and control that may thus)
bo exerted over trade and commerco are Inestimable.
"The power and control that have been exerted by the corporation. largely
through the grasp of Its tentacles, thue thrown out upon tho consumer, com-'
Petitors and capital, Is Incompatible with the healthy commercial ?|f? t,t ths>
nation."
The government reviowg In great detail the conditions in the steel trad*}.