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Weather. . J Washington, IX. C, Nov. 2 3 Fore- ' cast for North Carolina for tonight . : and Saturday: Pair, cooler. Satur- day, fair;' light southweatly wind. VOLUME 83. RALEIGH, N. C, FRIDAY , NOVEMBER 20, 1908. price scEirra. ROCKEFELLER QN WITNESS STAND Late Empress Jhd The Prince Chun. AUTOMOBILERUNS THRILLING TIME Anpa Gould-de Castellane-de Sagan p JJ jum prince ueiues uivorce tuuifvr.i INTO OPEN DRAW C 2nd Edition KILLED WILD TRAIN XPLOSION Under CrossExamination Today But Prosecution Han dicapped By Defense f PROBE IS MADE DULL Sir. Kellogg, Standard Oil Attorney, Led Mf. Rockefeller Along Vp.t& 1883, the Date When the Trust Was Formed and Then Stopped and Prosecution Will Not foe Al lowed to Ask Questions About a. Later Period Than This Magnate on the Stand. - : (By Leased Wire to The Times) New York, Nov. 20 John D. Rockefeller did ' not look like a man who expected to be put on, the grid dle today when he walked with that stealthy tread into the custom house building, where evidence ! is ; being heard looking to the 'undoing of the Standard Oil Company of New Jer sey , Mr. Rockefeller is to go under the fire of "trust buster" Prank B. Kel logg, the government's special coun sel, today, but the high-priced law yers for the richest trust in the world seem to have stolen a march on Uncle Sam and his "trust buster" in that Mr. Kellogg will not be permitted to croEs-oxaniine the head of the gigan tic monopoly as to events that oc curred after 1882. It was in 1882 that the trust agreement was entered into by Mr. RodRefeiler and h"Ts associates. Up to that time it was the Standard Oil Company of Ohio. Mr. Rockefeller has already told how he and his com pany ."dealt fairly to man and wo man, to rich rival, and street corner competition." Mr, Rockefeller and his lawyers managed to get the excit ing history of the company which he was unfolding stopped after the Standard became an actual trust. In doing this, the probe which Mr. Kellogg had sharpened for Mr. Rock efeller has been dulled. Mr. Rockefeller's lawyers with drew him from the witness stand 1 whon he began treading on thin ica and the attorney for the government will not be able to drag iiim to those deop waters. They can cross-question hi mas far as he haB gone with his wondrous story of how the Standard Oil Com pany builded its mountains of gold out of a borrowed $2,000 and they can ask him a few questions about how he and the Pennsylvania Rail' road Company entered into an ar rangement by which he drew rebates from the railroad company. But be yond the vital year 1882 Mr, Rockfellcr has told no story and Mr. Kellogg cannot hurl questions at him regarding the truth or falsity of the same. . It was all very clever. Some per sons had looked for some trick move on the part of the Standard Oil at torneys but they did not expect Just what came off yesterday afternoon. It is little wonder that Mr. Rockefel ler was smiling, still amiable, talka tive, today. Mr. Kellogg plunged at once into his cross-examination when the oil king took the stand.' ' Q I believe you stated, Mr. Rock efeller, that the oil business was a business of great hazard? -. A Yes. Q The element of that hazard which you mention was the uncer tainty of production? A Yes. Q That was th principal ele ment? ' A The element which I mention had reference to the Instability of the Investment In oil, there being no knowledge when the supply would cease. Q Now, in the Pennsylvania field while certain portions of the field have decreased, there was a general Increase from 1860 to 1900, was there not? . ' A I could not give the production in the various yean. Asked If the. 'oil production this year was not the largest In the his tory of the .country, Mr. Rockefeller replied,: ' ; ' ' , : "It is many times greater now than ever before. The general production today li much larger than when I was actively 1b business." Q You say the oil business Is ex tromely hazardous. Do you consider a business hazardous that has since IS 77 increased its capital stock by 961,000,000 and added to Its earn ings 15991,000,000, besides having 1 a surplus of 1300, 000, 00p? A I do rot consider that the " ' 1 i t - -f f j, . III question of the amount made deter mines whether a business is hazard ous or not. Q When the thirty-nine corpora tion were taken in, the value of the stock was $70,000,000? A Yes. Q They are the same as were set forth in the trust agreement? ' A Yes. Q Did you not. at tne time take in those stocks at an actual value of $55,710,698.21? A I should say that was the amount. Q So that the stock of the trustees- that 13, the trust certificates, were issued for stock dividends or additional property acquired? Mr. Milburn objected but was overruled. After wrangling Mr. Rockefeller replied: A I suppose so. ' Q The stock dividend which was paid on December 31, 18S6, in addl-l tional certificates amounting to $15, 028,200? Mr. Milburn objected but was overruled and Mr. Rockefeller re plied: "Yes, I think so." Q Then the stock of the Standard Oil Company now is $98,33S,000? Mr. Milburn again objected and was again overruled. A Yes. ' v- Q If in 1877 the company had $70,000,000 and there was a divi dend of $15,000,000, and the stock at present is $98,000,000, then that would leave $13,510,000 for the properties of the company? ' ' A I cannot tell how much stock was Issued for the properties. Q That would make the actual cash investment of Standard Oil at present $69,000,000? . Again there was . an objection, which was overruled, and Mr. Rocke feller replied: "I dont' know where you get your $69,000,000, I think it would make $66,000,000. I think the book value is about $66,000,000., Q Yes, about $65,000,000. You said there was an apprisal? A Yes, and It was entered on the books. -: , - ", Q Since then you have added $13,310,UOO for trust certificates and Btock In StandardiOll? A I dont know the exact figures. Q That would make $69, 000, 000? A You are all right about the $66,000,000, but your figures on the $69,000,000 I don't quite grasp. You may tee it with brighter mind. Where do you get the $13,000,000? Q Do I understand you to say that new money put in exclusive, of earnings, was $13,000,000? ' , AI think you understand me. (Continued on Second Page.) Two Persons Are Drowned and Six Others Have Ttiril ing Escape HURLED INTO WATEH Machine, With Eight Occupants, Strork Platform and Entire Party ' Wrrr Thrown Into the River. Cliaufienv Thought Draw Was Closed Until Too Late to Stop Ma chined Was Moving at Hi;h Rate of Speed Bridge Tender and By standers Rescue All But Two of the Party.' -. (By Leased Wire to The Times) x . . nit m were drowned and six were rescued ! in a thrilling automobile accident ; early today when a big touring carj plunged over tne embankment or tne Calumet river at the Torrence ave nue bridge. The machine with eight' accupantsi struck a- platform 15 feet from the store, the entire party being thrown into the water. The dead: Joseph Meyer, 22 years old, chauf feur; body recovered by police. , Margaret Atkins, ; 26 years old, 2106 Armour avenue; body not recovered.'- ' . The young men and women were rescued only through the efforts of George C. Wickam, the bridge tender, Peter Anderson, and T. Quinlan and. his brother David, who Jumped into the water and swam with the drown ing people to the shore. Tho machine, a Jarge touring car, seating eight persons.JasEsmaBhed, but hunt?6n -tlre 'plaWjJf e rear end hanging In the water.- P. P. Graves, one of. those rescued, It . Is said, was at the wheel, Meyers sitting beside him whili tTothers occupied the rear seats. xjpn the machine approached the incline the chauffeur increased the speed, ihe top of the bridge is only visible from the approach and the chauffeur be lieved it was closed. The machine moved down the descent at a high rate of speed, when the occupants were horror-stricken by the sight of the open draw and the embankment but a few yards away. Desperately Graves uttempted to stop the car, but in vain. The automobile struck the embankment, leaped Into the air and fell heavily on the wooden plat form 15 feet from shore, the Impact hurling the uccupants 20 feet in tne air. All fell Into the water, scream ing and shouting for help. Their screams were heard by men in the vicinity, who hurried to the river. None of the women were able to swim and each sank amid screams and cries for help. Two of the chauf feurs were able to swim and they at tempted to save the drowning. TRAGEDY IX OHIO. : Five-Year-Old Boy Shoots Ten-Year-Old Brother While Father is Being Married. By Leased Wire to The Times.) Kenton, Ohio, Nov. 20 Arthur Ver milion, aged 6, picked up a shotgun in his home yesterday and blew off the head of his-brother. Earl, aged 10, while the father, Jesse Vermilion, a w!dower, was being married to Miss LiMie Shaffer by the groom's father. Joseph Vermilion, at the latter's home a few miles distant. Brothers and sisters of the ill-fated boy, spattered .with brains which had struck them, - hurried to the scene of the wedding to tell of the accident. The 5-year-old boy had loaded the shot gun himself. Four Men Killed. (By Leased Wire to The Times.) -' Chicago, Nov. 20 Four ' men were killed and four probably fatally in jured at 8 ft. m, on the Burlington Railroad, at Highlands, a few miles from the Chicago city limits': The 'Ictlms were on a handcar wh'ch was ft ruck by a fast suburban train. The wounded are being brought to the county hospital, It Is believed ali of them will die. They are section hands on their way to work when the wreck occurred. , Children Hurt. (By Leased Wire to The Times) San Jose, Cal., Nov. 20 A half Soien school children were Injured, one seriously, when the explosion of a dynamite cap in the grammar school at Saratoga yesterday morning caused a panic, in which tbe children fought wildly to escape from the building. . (By Leased Wire to The Times) Wlliamsport, 'Pa., Nov. 20 Fol lowing the running away of a loco-i motive, on' the Susquehanna & New j York Railroad at Vo3burg, near Towanda,' six : men on a work-train: had a thrilling experience. The run-! away engine! plunged Into a flat-car on I which tho men were working. Ttie car remained on the rails, but tne workmen were kaflphedvgenseless bv the collision ahdra this helpless state were carried ' along 'by the runaway, which steadily gained speed as It dashed toward Mohoopany, a station at which It would have crashed into a fast freight. ' John Allen of Wysox, one of the men on the flat car,- revived in time to realize the. danger to himself and companions., He managed to crawl over the tender and Into the engine cab, which he 'found deserted, the en gine having started ;of its own ac cord while the? engine-driver and fire men were atf a i station for orders. Allen, by tryiiig one lever after an other, finally Jsuceeeded in stopping the runaway Just In front of the Mo hoopany statSm : The six men all escaped, Allen Tilniself bei ig the most badly hurt. M was deeply cut on the head. ; . -;.. " MORSFlWON'l SEE REPORTERS (By Lenstjd Wire to The Times.) New York, 'Nov. 2 Charles W. Morse suddenly sent for Warden Flyna in the Tombs today and begun an an gry tirade when that official appeared outside tho former ice king's cell. Morse forbade the warden pending him any - communication whatever from the newspar rijen. ''I7nder 116 circjitaiices." declared Morse, pjicing ungrlly up and dovn lils cell, "send up to me any notes 01 cards from newspaper men. I dim t want tovsee them. I gtA nave to see them arl I'll be oJEi If I do see any -of them." PM Warden Plynn def ufrerdthat Morse did not .have, to see;ijSrone he didn't care Uii but that he JRould continue to send up all cards Jind notes that were loft for Horse. W It was a rule of the prison always to do th's and the warden refused to make any excep tion In Morse's ease. FORGKRIKS NKARLY $2,000,000. Nearer This Amount Than $700,000. About One Hundred Victims. (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Chicago, Ills , Nov. 20 Close on the transfer of Peter Van Vllssingen to a cell in the Joilet penitentiary yesterday the authorities made the startling discovery that his outstand ing forgeries total nearly $2,000,000 Instead of $700,000 he estimated in his confession. This huge loss has been suffered by approximately one hundred per sons Instead of twenty-five, as Van Vllssingen stated Most of them are well-to-do Investors and nearly all reside In or near Chicago. The exact number of forged se curities outstanding is 4s5o, RECEIVERSHIP TERMINATES. Metropolitan Street Railway Com pany Will be Sold Under Fore closure. : (By Leased Wire to the Times.) New York, Nov. 20 The receiver ship of the Metropolitan Street Rail- j way is to be terminated and the i property sold under foreclosure Just j as soon as the necessary technicali ties can be put through and the va j lldlty of the Metropolitan fives, the (general and collateral bonds can be put In before Judge Lacombe. The announcement of Judge La combe that he proposed to end the receivership of the. Metropolitans quickly as possible came with a good deal of surprise to all. Charles E. Kenlston a Suislde. tBy Leased Wire to The Times.) , Philadelphia. : Pa., Nov. 20 Charles j E. Kenlston, head of a publishing con j eern, and president of the Charles E. I Kenhton Realty Company, with of fices In the Brunswick building, at 225 Fifth avenue, committed suicide In the Hotel Seville.. He evidently took his life during a period of norvous de pression as he had had attacks of this kind during the last few years. Tied Wife's Tongue. (By Leased Wire to The Times) Akron, Ohio, Nov. 20 Charging that her husband tied a cord around her tongue .to keep her from talking, Mrs. Alexander Zalovtos, of Barberton, had him arrested on a charge of cruelty. Zalovicn pleaded guilty, saying his wlfn'ii IncpftAant tnllr hurt Hrtviin him YOU rilFUL FIREBUGS ; Children Five and Six Years - Old Guilty of Wholesale '.. Duriiiiiss in Norfolk Started One Fire in Which an Infant Wan - I'lirncd to Death Police Had Been On the '. Lookout.1 ' . v (By Leased Wire to The Times) . Norfolk, Va., Nov. 20-T-Throe in fantile firebugs, the revelations of whose operations are startling to po lice and flrchicn, have boon arrested here. Commencing- ibout a -mouth Ko, and continuing foi" ten days, the out break of fires in the city, recurring with, alarming frequency, kept the firemen working overtime, incen diarism was suspected, and the police kept a close lookout for. the culprits. S0Veral questions arise: ,.;vAn' unsuccessful attempt to burn n rt?t . was it the fault of the can saloon at the corner of Monticollo didate'' avenue and Washington street yes- terday afternoon was followed by tae ! arrest of three boys. They are Doc" Third, was it the fault of Tam Baum, son of Mrs. Rosa Baum. of 24 many? Fenchurch street; Samuel Epstein, son of Morris Epstein, and Herman Addison, son of Thomas Addison, of 57 Cumberland street. The boys nave made partial confessions, lu which they involve each other to a' much greater extent than they them- , selves are e.ware. . Samuel Epstein, who Is but six years old, without fear told Police; Captain Ford and Fire Chief Mc Laughlin of how his brother Ted.'.y. five years old, started a fire at the corner of Montlcello avenue an 1 Washington street that destroyed the life of an Infant and burned build-; "But if it was the fault of Tam Ings which, with their contents, wer.; many, the remedy is more difficult, valued at $34,550, on October in now s Tammany to be reformed? If and 20. ' " ! Tammany will not support the derno- Each of the others under : arrest: crntlc ticket and plntform when the j admitted having been present at th 3 ticket and platform ars satisfactory starting of at least one fire. It wa.to the democrats of tho nation, what j In these confev-lons that they implf-Jig to bo done? jcated each other in the starting of: "But the fourth question Is, is other fires. PROMINENT CORPORATION LAWYER FOUND DEAD . (By leased Wire to The Times) Port Washington, L. I., Nov. 20 Albert Cowdeu, former corporation counsel of Brooklyn, was found dead In bed at his home here today. He had been suffering from Insomnia and had taken a drug to Induce sleep. It Is believed he took an overdose of the drug last evening before retiring. ., -T. . BRYAN ON TAMMANY Asks Some Pertinent Ques tions About Yote If Tnmmnny Did the Best it Could destroyed by fire. Several hundreds 4 for the National Ticket, What Was of pupils were at their studies in 8t. the Trouble and What Remedy James' Catholic school. They made Must be Used to Insure Better Sue- a dash for the stairway when the ex cess Next Time? . plosion occurred. The command to - ':' ! fall in line for the fire drill had tae Lincoln, Neb., Nov. 20 Mr. Bryan effect of quieting they and they were savs in today's Commoner: .; . taken quietly from the building. "Mr. Murphy, the head of Tarn-' So great did the danger from the many, says that 'Tammany did the crowds become that the reserves were best it could for the democratic na- called out. : tional ticket; There's the rub. If ' More than a - dozen fire-engine Tammany had been treacherous It were called to the scene, and the fire in Ight promise to be faithful next men devoted their efforts to saving time, but as it 'did the best it could,';, the. frame buildings from destruction, what, hope is there next time? If Just what caused the gas main to -Tammany did the best it could, and explode probably will never be ror.1,1 nnt ciirrv the eltv of New Yorit, -'known.';. for the democratic national ticket, -Second, was it the fault of the . njatform? I "Or, fourth, is there a New York democracy outside of Tammany?" "If the democratic candidate was objectionable to Tammany, the rem edy is to nominate a candidate next time who is satisfactory to Tammany provided, of course, that Is all that la necessary to Insure a democratic victory. "If it was the democratic platform that was objectionable the remeJy is easy let Tammany write the next democratic platform provided, of course, a Tammany platform Will ln- Bure a democratic victory there a democracy outside of Tam-i many that must be consulted? If: Tammany did Its best, then either - Tammany could not bring Tammany to support the ticket, or there Is a democracy outside of Tammany that J thwarts Tammany s efforts . when Tammany does its best. And If there Is a democracy outside of Tammany that must be reckoned with, Is It not time for that democracy to organ- , . , . he ItMlf and make Itself known, so that the national . democracy will have something to co-operate with?" Great Excitement f PrevaCi After Report of Burst . log Gas Main OAS BECOMES IGNITED Workmen AVere Hurled In Every Dl- rertion and When An Ambulance ' Surgeon Arrived, He Found That 17 of the Men Were Lying About Dead A Number of Others Were Badly Hurt Flames Shot Up IOO Feet, Endangering Nearby Build ings, Two of Which Were Partially Destroyed. i (By Leased Wire to The Times) ' New York, Nov. 20 Seventeen , were killed today in the explosion of ; a gas main on Gold street, between York and Front streets, Brooklyn. I For several days laborers have been at work on a new pipe-line running from Fulton street to the East River' - and Gold street is ripped up from York to Front street. The gas pip-. 1 ing was supported by wooden struct tures. ! While 25 men were working be- tween York and Front streets, the gas main on the east side of Front, street sagged and hurt with a terrific report. ' .v j The workmen were hurled in every I direction. When an ambulance sur ' geon arrived he found that 17 of the men were lying about dead. A num ber of others were badly hurt. I With the explosion of the gas, It in some way ignited, and flames Bhot up from the street to the height of 100 feet. Nearby buildings were endan gered for a tlme, but ,th 'flames mem tlnued to hum straight uffwlf 4 until the gas was turned off. The greatest excitement prevailed in the neighborhood. Gold street, be- tween Front and York streets, is lined with frame houses. These were threatened with destruction by the tower pf flamees from the gas main, and the 75 families occupying ftte houses worked frantically to save their belongings. ' Two of the houses were partially So far as at present known the dead and missing are as follows: The dead: Anderson, Gustav, foreman of car- penters. Prout Richard. Eleven laborers. Unidentified woman and two child ren. Unidentified girl, about six years old. The missing: Bachman, Emil; Farrell, Charles; Green, Henry; Lane, Frances; Wal ler, Gustav; Armande, Francesco. Injured: . '' Sohnwald, Frank, trapped in pit, but escaped with four others, through the sewer; skull, fractured. Levtue, Dominlck; cut about head. Grimaldle, Archie; badly burned. (By Leased Wire to The Times) New York, Nov. 20 Richard Croker, t.. Af f amvwnna XT nil a nil a resident of Ireland, reached New York, today on the steamboat Lt- tanla. It Is his first visit since as RICHARD CROKER ARRIVED TODAY came to attend the funeral of his son, "rttnk Croker, who was killed while "taB,wl racln at . h!?T. EV 1r .h .j Bichard Crokr. Jr., another son. a a number of th, old tuar4 ot Ttnt. manyi went down the bay to meet the ex-chief. I , ';-';-' -v i X 'j.'-M 7. jwiid. , ; . . .J ,0 i -. -V
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