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THE BALE1GH EVENING TIME
VOLUME 30.
RALEIGH, N. O, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1907.
PRICE fa.
STANDARD'S THOUSAND
DOLLAR A MY LAWYER
MorKz Rosenthal Arrives
- and Takei Charge of
the Big Case
W. C. ROCKEFELLER
' AND WADE HAMPTON
The Two Gentlemen With the Distln-
guished Names Will lie Important
: Witnesses This Evening or Tomon
row The Evidence So Far Satis
factory to Counsel For the Govern
ment The High-Priced Standard's
Chief Counsel Is Reinforced By a
Number of Competent Attorneys
and the Rig Suit is Being Hotly
Contested It Is to lie a Fight to
the- Finish and the Iloosevelt Ad
ministration is Evidently in Earn
est. (By Leased Wire to The Times.)
New York, Sept. IS. William (i.
Rockefeller, nephew of the oil king
and himself a power in the financial
world, will take the witness stand be
fore the end of today at the hearing
In the Standard Oil Company case, If
the plans of Frank P. Kellogg, the
government's counsel, do not suffer
some unforeseen change. He will
probably be followed by Wade Hamp
ton of the company,
Between these two witnesses Mr.
Kellogg expects to obtain sonle r.ew
light on many questions relative to
the early organization of the com
pany. It is probable, too, that he will
learn something valuable concerning
the Standard Oil trust that existed
prior to the formation of the present
company, and that from persons who
will hardly be in the position to say
they do not know anything about it,
or that they have forgotten. At the
rate of speed with which Mr. Kellogg
went through the examination of wit
nesses yesterday it seems likely that
the process of taking testimony in
this jurisdiction will be concluded in
about a fortnight.
The government attorneys express
tnemselves as being very well satis
fled with the Information thus far ob
tained. They believe that they have
already established a good part of
their case in the suit for dissolution
of the Standard Oil Company as an
illegal monopoly.
The Testimony Today.
C. G. Fay, comptroller of the trust
was the first witness.
Morltss Rosenthal, chief of the
Standard Oil's great array of lawyers,
arrived from Chicago today and as
sumed active charge of the defense.
He was surrounded by half a dozen
other lawyers of distinction. It was
understood that Mr. Rosenthal, who
is said to know more about the Stand
ard Oil Company than any of Its offi
cers, had been retained at a fee or
$1,000 a day.
Mr. Kellogg started work on what
is described in the trust's ledgers as
the "C M. Pratt Investment," and
elicited the information that Comp
troller Fay, although ho had been the
chief book-keeper for eight years
MOORS WILL
ANSWER
(By Cable to The Times.)
Paris, Sept. 18. Dispatches ra
celvod today from Tangier state that
delegates of the Moorish tribes will
tomorrow make answer to the peace
terms proposed by General Drude,
commander of the French forces.
The representatives of the tribes
men have had many consultations
with General Drude and in conse
quence the Moorish situation has
greatly improved. There Is strong
hope entertained that the tribesmen
may come to terms and end the long
existing trouble. It has been point
ed out to the tribesmen .that the
French government is not concerned
in the struggle now going on be
tween the two sultans of Morocco.
All that France and Spain are con
cerned about is the restoration of
peace and the inauguration of the
police Bystem according to the terms
of the Algeciras conventon. The
peace terms presented by General
Fronts of Half Billion In Fight Years.
He. elicited the Information from
Comptroller Fay that in the last eight
years the profits of the Standard OH
Company had amounted to nearly
half a billion dollars.
"On what is this entry 'C. M. Pratt
Investment, $137,400?'"
"That amount was received in
February, 1905, from C. M. Pratt."
"Do you know the source of that in
come?" .
"I do not."
"Does your balance Rheet show the
asset from which it was derived?"
The witness hesitated.
(After staring blankly at the Stan
dard's lawyers he volunteered 'the in
formation that he "did not know."
"Is the Waters-Pierce Oil Company's
account listed as an asset In your
books?"
"Since 1905 It has not been carried
as far as I know."
"Was It there before 1899?"
..VYes."--..
Rosenthal said the stock In question
was listed as a stock in 1899.
"Yes, I want to find where it was
while earning an Income as it did In
1892." snld Kellogg.
"What is the asset in 1S99?"
"$3,0fi7,832.1G, the value of 2,747
shares." ;
Attorney Milhurn objected to the
line of questioning but was overruled.
'If the books show a $;i, 000, 000
asset in 1899, and nothing in 1900,
should the books show what disposi
tion was mado of it what, was re
ceived for it?" tho attorney said.
"It should."
"Do you know of any entry that
would explain where tho stock is?"
"No, sir."
"Then all you know is that in 1902
the Standard Oil received from the C.
M. Pratt Investment $1S7,400; in
1901 $1,099,200; and in 1905 $1.
S5:l,700?" C , :'
"Yes, sir."
The examination was then direct
(Continued on Page Five.)
L0B SAYS HIS
CHIEF DID NOT
(By Leased Wire to The Timos.)
Oyster Bay, N. Y., Sept. 18. Be
cause of the widespread publicity
given the statement of Bishop Berry
of Detroit, that . either President
Roosevelt or Secretary Loeb and not
Mr. Fairbanks was responsible for
the cocktails used at the luncheon
tendered by the vice president at In
dianapolis, Secretary Loeb has issued
this formal statement In denial:
"The statement la too absurd to be
given any credence. Neither the
president nor his secretary, either di
rectly or indirectly ordered anything
of any kind at the lunch In question
or at any other lunch where they
were guests."
Col. L. C. Edwurds, of Oxford, Dead.
(Special to The Evening Times.)
Oxford, N. C, Sept. 17. Col. L,
C. Edwards, who has been sick for
several weeks with pneumonia, died
yesterday afternoon at 4 o'clock at
the advanced age of 83 years. The
funeral takes place this afternoon
from the Episcopal church, of which
the decasd was a mm.br. -
TOMORROW
PEACE OFFER
Drude contain many clauses, the
most important being the following
Th punishment of th authors of
the Oasa Blanca massacres and the
ringleaders of the movement.
An agreement that no tribesmen
shall enter with arms within a radius
of 12 kilometres of the city.
The acceptance in principle of the
payment of a war contribution, the
announcement of which will be fixed
hereafter by negotiations between
the Moroccan government and France
and Spain.
The surrender of hostages to in
sure the fulfillment of these condi
tions.
Thed surrender, of Kaid Oula
Hartz, chief instigator of the troubles
at Casa Blanca..
The French government feels
greatly encouraged over the present
state of affairs in Morocco. At one
time it was feared that Fance would
have a genuine war on her hands,
but peace prospects are now fair.
WE HAVE
(By Leased Wire to The Times.)
Washington, Sept. 17.. The
Southern Railway had a laugh com
ing today. And the laugh came.
It was all because Standing Mas
ter Montgomery, appointed by Judge
Prltchard to take evidence in the
Southern Railway matter in North
Carolina, granted the dearest , wish
of tho attorneys for North Carolina
and ordered the Southern's officials
to produce the books and papers
showing the operating expenses of
the road in North Carolina.
When the hearing, which had been
adjourned from September 11th, con
vened this morning in the Southern's
offices, Mr. Woodard, representing
North Carolina, announced, with a
note of triumph in his tones, that he
would like to have the books and
documents produced - showing the
operating expenses of the. Southern's
lines, leased lines and otherwise ope
rated lines in the state of North
Carolina, for the fiscal years of
1906 and 1907.
"Well, we'll have to seek larger
quarters," said Comptroller Plant,
THEM TOO FAST
Rockefeller Will Again Take
an Active Part
JOHN D. IN HIS OFFICE
After Staying Away Fight Years the
Oil King Shows Vp Twice in the
Standard Oil Company's Oflices
Within Last Two Weeks -Troubles
of Company Multiplying So Fast
the Old Man Thinks It Advisable to
Keep More Closely In Touch With
the Management. '.."
(By Leased Wire to The Times.)
New York, Sept. IS. Things have
been happening so fast, in the last few
months to the Standard Oil Company
and the companies in which it Is in-
terested that John D. Rockefeller has
decided that it s time Tor him to take
a band. It Is learned that he has been
down at his office twice In two weeks,
although before that iimo he had not
been down for eight years.
He did a good deal of looking
around on these occasions, and it is
understood that he Is going to keep a
close watch on the management of the"
company until several Important mat
ters are cleared.
This will not be the case until a
successor for II. H. Rogers, who has
been the active head of the organi
zation for a long time, and who is
now, It is conceded, to retire perma
nently owing to 111 health, has been
chosen; until the affairs of Amalga
mated Copper and the copper situa
tion generally have been adjusted;
until the hearing here Defore Judge
Ferris is weathered; the policy for
fighting the $29,240,000 fine is de
cided on, and the company has got
back some of the peace of mind it en
joyed a few years ago. .
JEALOUS LOVER
HILLS RICH GIRL
(By Leased Wire to The Times.)
New York, Sept. 18. Screaming
"Julius, you won't kill me, will you?"
Miss Draga Seigel, a pretty twenty-year-old
girl, was shot down early to
day by Julius Hoffman, a former lieu
tenant in the Austrian army, in a fur
nished room at No. 215 east 37th
street.
The girl is dying in Bcllevue Hos
pital from three bullet wounds and
Hoffman is locked up in the 25th
street station. Jealousy led to the
tragedy, i
The victim is the daughter of a
colonel in the Austrian army, who
died recently, leaving her (100,000,
which she was to receive on her 2 1st
birthday.
EVENTS
CROWD
GOT ALL
BOOKS; A GREAT JOKE
of the Southern. -
"Oh, well'll see; we'll see," re
plied Mr. Woodard, evidently in fine
feather.
Mr. Plant called to his subordi
nate to produce all the records,
books, vouchers and other papers as
asked for by the state's counsel.
Then he turned to the state's coun
sel and remarked, calmly:
j'Tliere will be about 12,000 vouch
ers a monTn, making about 290,000
vouchers, not to mention the records
and other books and papers."
Then began a curious scone. Into
tho small room on the fifth floor of
the Southern's building trooped boys
and half gr6vn young men, each
weighted down with boxes contain
ing what turned out to be but a
small proportion of those 290,000
vouchers. Solemnly and ceaselessly,
the pilgrimage of the vouchers pro
ceeded. They apparenly came from
every floor on the building and from
other buildings. They were piled
on tables, chairs and the floor. Each
little box bore a cabalistic sign in
telligible to the road's officials but
T
TO THE WINDS
i Reckless Extravagance of Chi
cago Schoolboys
MADE RAG-PICKER RICH
Chicago' Schoolboys Steal a Pile of
Money and IJIow It In With Char
acteristic Juvenile, Frivolity I'ool
the I)e-tivesy AfVer the 'Thieves
and Are Given Away Ily Associates
Willi Whom They Divided Their
111-Gotton Wealth.
Chicago, Sept. IS. Boys and girls
of the northwest side are reveling
in the possession of unexpected $3
and '$10 bills as the result of the
prodigality of three school boy
thieves.
The trio Edgar Hettinger, 11
years old; Frederick Clark, 10 years
old, and Eric Kell,. 10 years old, pu
pils of the Richard Yates school,
"blew In" $1,51 in a few hours. Tho
money was stolen from the locker of
Mrs. Eva A. Clerle In the school.
Mrs. Clorle had been given this by
her husband to deposit in the bank.
She left her room for a few mo
ments, carelessly placing her keys
on her desk. When she returned
she discovered the loss of her money.
Half a dozen detectives were de
tailed on the case. A man told tho
police that his little son and daugh
ter had each given hm $30 which
they said had been presented to
them.
A detective was sent to the home
of young Hettinger only to be told
by his mother, a widow, that he was
not at home.
A guard was then placed at the
boy's home. Shortly after 2 o'clock
In the morning the long-watched was
rewarded.
At that hour the lad appeared
wearing a new pair of shoes and a
new suit of clothes. Ho was ques
tioned by the policeman ns to where
he had been and nonchalantly re
plied:' "Down to lake for a swim."
To all questions about the missing
sum of money the boy made evasive
answers. Not until he was con
fronted with the boy and girl to
whom he had given the $30 each did
he confess and implicated his two
youthful companions, Clark and
Kell. -
All three related how they had en
riched acqua (nances with $5 and $10
bills, how they had purchased now
suits, leaving their old Clothes In a
convenient ash barrel, how they had
bought roller skates, visited nearby
amusement parks, tipping the at
tendants and how they had riddon
In autos until midnight. .
Then, proud of his achievements,
Hettinger told of tossing $5 bills to
the amount of $95 to the wind in an
alley In the rear of the Western nve
nue station of the Metropolitan Ele
vated. These bills, the police learned, had
been picked up the following morn
ing by a rag-picker. The boys will
be prosecuted. .
HREW
Mil
THE
Greek to the state's attorneys.
Finally, Mr. Bryant, of counsel
for the state, asked that one of tho
records, these being books containing
the collected information of the
vouchers, . be brought in. It was
done. It turned out' to be a book
about two feet wide and a .ot and
a half tall. Its expansive pages bore
figures in red ink that looked like a
wilderness of meaningless mathe
matics. Mr. Woodard and Mr. Bryant
looked at It in despair, and turned
the pages in disgust.; Mr. Plant
sniggered. General Counsel Thorn,
of tho Southern, smiled broadly.
Then Mr. Woodard asked Mr. Plant
to explain what that awful array of
figures meant.
Mr. Plant tried to do so.
Mr. Woodard remarked that he
and Mr. Bryant, Mr. Justice being
absent today, would spend he re
mainder of the day looking through
the books and finding out. what they
meant. Something in his tone indi
cated that he knew the size of the
task ho was mapping out.
HEAD TORN
Fli
Horrible Fate of a Charlotle
Stenographer
CRUSHED UNDER TRAIN
Win. H. Desmond, Jr., Beheaded by
Train from Which He Had Just
Dismounted Accident. Occurred
Near Coal Chule hut. Engineer Vus
Not Aware of it Till He Reached
(iastonia Fat'her Notified and
Inquest Today.
(Special to The Evening Times.)
Charlotte, N. C, S. j.t. IS. Mr. Wil
liam H. Desmond, Jr., agi-d 17 years,
a stenographer.'-. in the office of the
American.. Machinery Manufacturing
Company,', was run over and killed by
Southern passenger' train.. No. -..35 just
below the old coal slnite at-'. 10:23
o'clock last night. ''','
Conductor Gilmer as his train was
pulling out, noticed some one Jump
off. When ho reached Uastonia he
wired back to the .men i" the local
office, telling them of what had hap
pened and suggesting an Investigation.
A short search revealed a ghastly
find. To one side of the track, about
100 yeards south of the east Second
street crossing, a boys' head was
found lying in a pool of blood. The
skull had been crushed in and the
neck was severed as if witli a sharp
axe. 'Fifty feet below the head was
the body. It was partly across the
track and bore such marks as if the
entire train had passed over it. The
trunk had been cut almost In two and
the legs severed just above the an
kles. Every bone In the body and
limbs had been broken. -Mood and
fragments of flesh spattered the
tracks nearby. A coat, all tattered
and torn, lay to one side of the body.
A new hat was found near the sev
ered head.
BUT HIS ENEMIES
MIGHT TEMPT HIM
(By Leased Wire to The Times.)
New York, Sept. 18. "The president
is firm against becoming a candidate
for another term, and nothing Can al
ter his determination not to run, un
less It is some movement on the part
of his enemies."
The above statement was made by
one of a party of guests at President
Roosevelt's Sagamore Hill residence.
According to the same authority, the
president believes that at the present
stage of the political campaign Se
cretary Tuft is the leading republi
traro candidate, but realizes that
Hughes' boom is rapidly assuming
largo proportions.
DEATH OF OLD SOLDIER ,
'. AT HOME THIS MORNING.
Mr. James A. Plttman, aged 74 years,
died at the Soldiers' Home this morn
ing. He was a native of Franklin
county and has been In the home since
1902. The funeral services will bo
held tomorrow morning at 8 o'clock
BODY
PRESCRIPTION FOR
RAILROAD
and the Interment will be in the Con
federate cemetery.
Mr. Piltman was a member of Co.
F, 47th North Carolina regiment. He
has beeii twice married, but both of
his wives preceded him to the grave.
He is survived by several children,
all of Franklin county, and by a niece,
Mrs. Batehelor, of this city.
MARRIED AND DEAD
WITHIN ONE HOUR.
New York, Sept. IS. 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
Johanna Hariung to whom he had
been engaged for eight years. He died
an hour later.
Mrs. 'Adler is prostrated and in the
care of a physician. .
PETTIBONE MAY NEVER
HE TRIED; NEARLY DEAD.
Boise, Idaho, Sept, IS. George A.
Pettibone was unable to appear in
the.. district court today to have his
case get for trial.
An affdavit. of a physician said he
was suffering from a disease which
unless soon checked, will prove fa
tal. It says an operation may be ne
cessary, but fears the patient will be
unable to sirvive it. :
JAP AMBASSADOR
TO GERMANY RESIGNS.
Toldo, Sept, IS. Count Inouye,
having .resigned as ambassador to
Germany, Viscount Aoki, now ambas
sador at Washington, is mentioned
as his possible successor. Should
Aoki go to Berlin it is possible that
Baron Kaneko may be sent to Wash
ington. .
BARR QUITS THE
JIMTOWN EXPO
(By Leased Wire to The Times,)
Norfolk. Va.. Sept. IS, In a letter
addressed to the committee of direc
tors which arranged a Settlement of
differences existing some weeks ago
between himself and President Harry
St. Oeorire Tucker, of the Jamestown
pxposttion, James M. Hair requests
to be relieved of Ids duties as director
general. Continued conflict between
Mr. Tucker and Mr. Barr over the so
cial features of the exposition caused
Mr. Hair's action. He claims he can
not continue In his present position
ind maintain his self-respect.
Director General James M. Rarr's
resignation came as a bombshell In
the camp of -the exposition officials
although it was known to the com
mittee named by the directors recent
ly to settle the misunderstanding be
tween Mr. Barr and President Tucker.
In reference to the social functions at
the exposition, that Mr. Barr was not
satisfied with the adjustment an
nounced. In making public his letter of resig
nation, directed to the committee
having the matter in charge, Mr. Burr
declared the matter settled and re
fused to make any further statement.
AN INTERESTING TIME
FOR THOMAS F. RYAN
(By Leased Wire to The Times.)
New York, Sept. IS.-rThe Even
ing Post today prints the following
story: ,
Not many days after Thomas F.
Ryan arrives in New York (he is
due aboard the steamship Deutsch
land on Thursday) a subpoena will
be served upon Jacob H. Schift, head
of the banking firm of Kuhn, Loeb
&Company, demanding his appear
ance at the traction investigation be
fore the public service commission.
Mr. Schlff, it is understood, will be
asked to explain how and why he
compelled Ryan and his associates,
1903, to take off the banks hands
$6,600,000 of Metropolitan Securi
ties Company stock, over night.
Tho financial district was some
what startled one morning, about
four years ago, by the announcement
that Mr. Schlff had coerced the Ryan
clique presumably through holding
over the traction men's heads the
threat of disclosing certain facts
which had come to light into rais
ing the large sum necessary for tak
ing back the securities which the
banking firm had undertaken to un
derwrite.
EXTORTION
Inter-Stale Commerce Com
missioner Clements
Suggests Remedy
E FOR CO-OPERATION
III NOT COMPETITION
Commissioner Clements Takes Issue
With His Chief, Chairman Knapp,
and Does Not Agree Fully With
President Roosevelt That Pooling
Should Up Legalized and Thus Ex
cepting Railroads From Anti
Trust Law Necessity of Main
taining Natural Laws of Com
merce What the Commission
Will Do About Basic Rates Time
Has Come When Co-operation
Should Supplant Competition
Preventive of Unjust and Unrea
sonable Rates.
(By Leased Wire to The Times.)
Washington, Sept. ; 18. Judson C.
Clements, a member of the Interstate
commerce commission, today takes is
sue with Chairman Martin A. Knapp,
who, in an interview in Chicago Mon
day, declared that the Sherman anti
trust law in its application to rail
roads and the Interstate commerce
act, was utterly inconsistent. Chair
man Knapp made it plain also that
he believed that the time had come,
in the management of railroads, when
co-operation should supplant competi
tion. . "
In commenting upon the observa
tion of the head of the federal com
mission, Judge Clements said:
1 Without discussing the advisabi
lity of permitting carriers to enter In
to certain agreements, which are now
supposed to be forbidden by the anti
trust act, I have never yet been able
to see why the carriers, cannot obey
tlie Interstate commerce act and the
anti-trust act, or the necessity they
are alleged to be under, that to comply
with the one they must violate the
other. The anti-pooling provision of
the interstate commerce act Is In per
fect accord with the purposes and
principles of the anti-trust act.
If the public could at all times be
assured of just, reasonable and non
discriminatory rates, there would, of
course, be no necessity for either of
these acts as applied to the carriers.
Neither could there, in such a case,
be objection to combination, so often
designated by the milder term of 'co
operation.' "The experience of the world does
not prove that it is safe to construct
laws upon the theory that no harm
will come to the consumers of any
article because of the pacific co-operation
between the producers of the
same, whereby competition among
themselves is destroyed or limited.
"The people who manage railroads
are not essentially different in their
nature from other classes of people.
They desire to make all they can out
of the business, just as other peoplo
do in their lines of business. What
they can get when competition is eli
minated mai' be more than is Just and
reasonable. '.-.-.-.
(Continued on Second Page.)
1
The story In "the street" at the
time was that the banker fixed a
definite hour for the production of
tho money, and that the traction
group was put to considerable diffi
culty 10 raise tne casn.
In nny event, as has become well
known since the little episode, Mr.
Sehiff got his money back, and it
is now certain that he obtained it
by telling Ryan and others that he
I knew the affairs of the Metropolitan
Street Railway system had been
! grossly misrepresented to his Arm.
The commonly accepted version of
the argument used effectively by Mr.
Schlff In his itervlew with Ryan Is
about as follows
"I shall not make public anything
I am doubtful about, and what 1 say
will get some attention."
It is learned on trustworthy' au-
! thorlty that for years prior to the
Jerome investigation the Metropoll-
, tan system kept two sets of books;
alBo that Jerome's expert accountant
got the wrong set for the purpose of
starting criminal proceedings. As Is
generally known. It was admitted
recently that the Metronolltan Com.
jpany had destroyed all its book.