The Seattle Star Newspaper, June 1, 1912, Page 6

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Hicalled to H| paper man this ii chief of the lrecent i recen’ i cuished Hisaid, as he rHE Quiet Is Needed While Diana STAR | “WHY, io t YONDER vor 1D 133 FOR, VOT IS§ Diss SIGN DOING Here, OSGAR F f Isa DERE A HOSPITAL AROUNDT LOOK, ADOLF, Tse DILCPKKLES 183 IN DER IST OF GRADOCOATES FROM OLDE ROL SEMINARY, | \ “we SNHOULT CALL ON HER, Ct Ness, wa SHOULT BN= COURAGE NER FoR DER ORDEAL. | ae me (WN FAMILY Frank B, Kellogg, Famous Special United States Lawyer in Oil Trust Prosecution, Tells Remarkable Story to Account for Enormous Jump in Price of Oil Stocks. AMSTERDAM, June 1.—The six nature of Theodore Roosevelt, | placed between those the Ger | is being the interne Museum c (Why has t the dissolution de » stock of the of! trust increased #0 enormoualy since sion, & year ago, of the United States supreme court? In a remarkable article in the June Re | view of Reviews, which is published to day, Frank Ff Kellogg, the famous St Paul lawyer, who was selected by Prest-| dent Roosevelt in 1906 to conduct the government's preseeution of the Standard onl « and who continued aw chief pros | ecutor until the supreme court finally de. cided the cause, telle what he considers the reason. Kellogg, in this story, part! of which The Star publishes below by spe | cial permission from the Review of Re-| views, some extraordinary new! facts the Standard Oi! fold mine. In bis sult of visitors to Rijks jshown tionally thi ty The to famous t | being the litien! campaign waged by Col. Roosevelt fo get reins of the American government back into his hands has given the| signatures in the possexsion of the Rijks Mustum added importance, and has made them a public exhib it—one of the most Interesting tn the museum to Americ no withstanding the vigorous compe tition Rembrandts, Van Dyck Hales’ and the state jewels recites of about which headed “Re- Standard Ol Decision, Kellogg opens with the remark that the} decree of the court accomplishes every?) thing that is possible under the Sherman} act, and that it went further than any} F. B. KELLOGG other decree, by any court, under that! The decision, he saya, establishes finally the power of con- gress to regulate.--Editor,) BY FRANK BILLINGS KELLOGG, Special U. &. Attorney in Standard Oi! Prosecution. It fe complained that aince the decree of dissolution, the value of; the stocks of Standard Ol! eubsidiary companies han vastly increased) and some peop! that th me of this is some defect in the |sovernment decree. Nothing is further from the trath Prior to the government proseention, the Standard Ott Company | was a close corporation. it never published any statement of it#) assets and business even its stockholders, All the public knew was that the Standard Ol| Company stock paid a dividend of about 40) per cent per annum, and ite market value waa regulated by those divi. \dends. Ita earnings were doubie this sum, but only a few lnsiders knew that fact. With less than one hundred mililons of capital stock, it had, in 1906, $261,061,811 surplus, and since that time, for five years, it has been piling up more surplus at the rate of probably forty mililon dol jlars per annum, so that its total aswets at the time of the dissolution undoubtedly amoonted, on the books of the company, to over $600,000, 600. What the real value was, beyond the book value, no one knows to this day Until the dissolution, sidiary corporations bi in the treasury of the article ta the The existenc the of this exhibit waa} attontion of a news afternoon by Baron von Reimadyk, director in museum You may ca to ldence we have of a comparatively visit paid us by a distin American gentieman,” he led the way to a small stand In the main hall of the mag nificent building which contains the principal art treasures of Holland Case With Pens BW. F. ase an evi} | law upea the right hand pag n book expressly made for |prominent autographs, and under a lglars case, tegether with the ver pens used by the celebrities, were [displayed in the order given these | signatures There, of an | WILHE 1907, THEODORE May 1910. OSCAR, PRINZ SEN, May 27, 1909, amine those suggested the nerry twinkle pyes “It ts singular that Col. Roose velt's pame should be in there be jitween the name« of the kaiser and | the kaiser’s son,” waa the comment made in the hope of light as to the ROOS EVEL yon PREUS- ignatures close ehtef direc’or, showing in his} in December, 1911, the stocks of the 37 sub- d never been sold on the market. They were Standard Ot] Company of New Jersey The government, in the course of the trial, for the firet time clowed the large assets and earnings of these various companies, col lectively and individually. But the reports of the trial were not, of course, generally distributed, and only gradually did the facts filter) to the investing public Moreover, so long as the sult was pending, | reaton for the open page the stocks of the parent company sold for much less in the market. | “You have only half guessed the | When the Standard Of! Company was dissolved and these subsidiary singularity,” was the dry reply; CO™pénies stood upon their own foundations, and aa their stocks be “Look at those dates more carefully. |%80 to be deali in upon the market | They signify the time of the respec-|#¢t* became known and the stocks increased enormously in value. j tive visits to the museum. The For instance, take the Standard O11 Company of Indiana. When dates may tell you how Mr. Roose | the government instituted the suit, all that was known about the Stand velt got into the imperial family ard Ol] Company of Indiana was that {ft had a million dollars of cap = The government showed a in 1906 this company had $24, THIRD CONCERT 73,927 of net agseis, all, except the one million dollars, made out of HERE TONIGHT the business of the company, in addition to its. dividends declared and) was then earning at the rate of over $16,000,000 per annum: Is there! any wonder that, when this company's stock came upon the market} and the public gradually became aware of the enormous amount of its The third concert of the assets and earnings, it increased tn va Fe tas theatth hand The Southern Pipe Line Company is a comparatively small com €, will be given this evening, | pany, formerly with $5,000,00 of capital stock, since increased to $10, between 7:15 and 8:15. Manager| 000,000. Its rate of profit from pipe line business on its net assets in McKenzie has arranged a program that business ranged from 102.1 to 278.1 per cent per anoum, During of five numbers, including a cornet the seven years from 1899 to 1905, inclusive, vast suma were charged solo. If the concert proves as pop-| 0% the books as having been paid out to a trusted employe of the com-| Mar as the first two, they will te|Pany. ‘The government discovered two balance sheets—one in regular jcontinued throughout the summer form, showing the true earnings, ranging from $3,000,000 to $4,000,000 McKenzle may decided upon three annually, and the other showing each year enormous payments to this | concerts & week later on, The pro employe, the aggregate being $22,131,160, and leaving very small ap | gram tonight consists of two| Parent profits, or even losses. Extraordinary efforts were made by | |marches by selection from | ‘B® government to prove what became of this money. Nobody could| the “Bohem the “Hunting |OF did explain what became of this enormous sum Scene” by Bucalossi, and the cornet solo. | ‘ snes HERE’S REAL | conditions of the of congreas providing therefor; and the first and ROMANCE oc: essential of these conditions would be proper publicity of the| The fault is that the government never has had adequate supervis- | | business ond affairs of such corporation, dis . gradually the amount of their as-| Metro at University | jon or control over the proper publicity which follows such control | What congress should now provide for, is a voluntary system of federal | |{ncorporation and a compulsory system of federal license of large cor | porations engaged in interstate business. Such a license conld be is-| sued upon condition that the corporation comply with the terma and Milton H. Chase was yesterday |married to his correspondence bride, Miss Anna Watts of Newport, Eng whom, he feared, he had lost in the | Titanic disaster. Mise Watts wrote |her fiancee that she would sail =| the Titanic. When Chase read of| the sinking of that ship, he mourne "| as dead the bride whom he had| never seen. But a@ trivial accident resulted in her missing that el jand she cane on another steamer WILHELMINA IS IN PARIS) (By United Prexs Leased Wire) PARIS, June 1.—Queen Wilhel of Holland, who arrived here the first queen to pay a to France since Queen was received under the Her program today is a ‘APPROVE PLAN. FOR BIG DAM. The again the board of public works has | record as favoring at Camp 2 for the With the dissent ote of Superintendent of Build ings R. H. Ober, the board yester |day approved the plans and speclfi cations submitted by City Engineer H. Dimmock. These call for a cyclopean concrete dam with a height of 115 feet and a possible ad dition of 45 feet, The base width js to be 186 feet, and the width at the top 37 feet. The total cost including excavation and removing of earth and rock, drilling and grouting for foundation, and cost of engineering, is estimated at $1,092,-| 166 For thts years ago, $1,400,000 gone on present site Cedar lake dam | ing | | | Victoria Jem | follows | Leaves Chateau Loo 8 a. m., arriving at Pari Drives to her foreign office, the diplomatic President tends the Holland, at apartments the where she receives corps. Dines with Fallieres in state, At opera, | 6 5 p. m, at purpose the people, voted a bond issue of; The council voted by| ordinance $450,000 of this money for preliminary tests, surveys, ete. ‘and about $350,000 has already been spent. two} Elsie You don't use slang any more, do you? Willie Not soaked me in the E. G. Wagner, manager of the Se- attle branch of the Hank of Califor nia, leaves next Tuesday to visit hig old fome in Kalings, England since me father mush for usin’ it. | SAVED BY SKIRT SAN FRANCISCO, May 81—~—A hobble skirt saved Mrs. Bélle Bow man from arrest. fouls Kalivas saw & woman burglar jumping through bis window and accused| her. Police let her go when she proved her skirt prohibited such a ileap. \ RRR hth * te Enough. it io ® “I don't see why money |* to marry ber, he |% known her a week.” Young Wife-—Do you think justifiable for a wife to t from her husband's pockets? Older Wife—It isn't of\* That's the answer.” [Justification at all; it's a question | ® ton Post. of finding any to take—Baltimore | % jAmerican. oe ee ee ed ° a he hes wants only a case Hous. * *) *) *| * * * * * * [uations with ¢ | Philadelphia by | ate, | nonnced in the senate today that he jwill defer | Speech which he intended to deliver 1a Prépares Her Graduation Essay DERG 159 ANODDER FUNNY ere 1SS STRAW Ip DER 9 So DoT TEAMS DONn'D MAKE A NOISE.” ul i OVER FISH INDUSTRY “The fishing industry in the Pu get sound waters will be wiped out within 10 years If the state of Washington does not adopt more stringent lawa and see to the forcement of those already on the statute books.” Jobn Pease Babcock, Britah Co with these words knocked all Ub harmony out of a “harmony meet ing” held here yesterday by Gov ernor Hay and a special senatorial committee, representing the #ta of Washington, and Babcock and Douglas Bell Meclatyre, repress ting | the province, to discuss fishing | proble A number head of the of Americas “salmon barons” attended the meeting, and lost their tempers several times ng Babcock’s caustic speech. We do not question your right,” ithe Britieh Columbian said, “to ob tain the largest possible number of fidh out of your question quate laws on your statute books We question your right not to see to it that your waters are properly | policed to prevent the wholesale digobeyance of the law. Your legis. lature has not carried out the agreement made between the Cw j padian government and a commis ‘sion from your state. Your closed season inwe and your %6¢-hour lweekly closing lawe are not lforced. ‘Traps and purse nets are used tn the closed season, and tn- stahees of dynamiting are snows.” DEALS BY ARCHBALD SHOWN UP. (Ny United Press Leased Wire) WASHINGTON, June 1.—Nego. vrard estate of Judge Robert W. Archbald, for calm banks on the Lehigh ratlroad, were considered | at yesterday afternoon's meeting of jthe house judiciary committ which ie hearing charges against | Archbald Superintendent George patrick, of the Girard estate, scribed the transaction. He read from his files, letters showing that Judge Archbald and three partners applied to James Archbald, $r., engineer of the estate jat Pottsville, Pa., to lease the culm banks of the Girard mines being operated by the Lehigh Coal coer pany James Archbaid, fr, te séohew of the commerce ountt | Judge Besides letters to the judge, the witness described his personal ap plication for the lease. The bank was not ned When you received this applica. EB. Kirk de tion from Judge Archbald, did you think there was anything improper in it?” asked Representative Ster Nog. “It did occur to me that it was |improper for a judge on the bench |to engage in mercantile business,” answered Mr. Kirkpatrick James Archbald corroborated the testimony of Mr. Kirkpatrick KERN TO ATTACK LORIMER (By United Press Leased Wire) WASHINGTON, June 1—Intl mating that might demand an im- mediate disposition of the case of Senator Wim. Lorimer of Chicago, recently exonerated by the senate Investigating committee of charges of having bought his seat In the sen. Senator Kern of Indiana an until the next Tuesday on Monday against*Senator Lori | mer. Kern declared that Lorimer haa jadvised him that he will arrive in| Washington from Chicago on Tues | day. $1.00 EXCURSION $7 00 Bellingham and Anacortes VIA SCENIC DECEPTION SUNDAY, JUNE 2 S..S. SIOUX LEAVES COLMAN DOOK 0 A. M. ARRIVE PASS 10) VICK—COLMA DOCK, MAIN s99m coucpr Some BoDY BE \ sick Here ¢ obia fish commis# os, DING—— TREET ARE PRION is PRe ADUAT! SH AROUNDT “CAN'T Heur vw oF You Youm@ Laby. PICKLES CAN’ Words Mus) by Schae Dy Condy — a ceP Yone = DS or THe Mis DILL~ T Be DisTURBED. PARING HER OM ESBAY, — “CHINESE aeanien IN TONG WAR HERE Charles Kee, Chinese passenger agent for the N. P. in Seattle, and interpreter for the United States immigration service, is dead this | morning, the victim of an assassin ° any be the victim of a tong was in the store of Goon | Dip, Chinese consul, at 711. King st., last night, at 11:30. While he land Mar Dong, Goon Dip’s man jager, were engaged in conversa jtion, an unknown Chinaman came \in, bought # few things and walked out, without attracting the atten jtlon of Mar Dong or Charlies Kee. At midnight the two men left the store, and had just got to the door |when the bark of a revolver was heard and Kee pitched forward as the sound of conning feet was SICKELS SAYS HE COULD SAVE COUNTY $12,000 waters, but we do your right to keep inade- en-| j 1 WILL K. SICKELS Will K, Sickels, at present cash Hier in the county clerk's office, has | placed his hat in the ring for the office of county clerk on a platform of reducing the cost of the office by 1$12,000 for the year 1913 over the} 1911. Sickels is the fellow vented that new jory-drawing box, which fs in use in all the de partments of the superior court This invention prevents the possi bility of fraud in the selection of babar by court clerks. Sickels says | year who in Bids on harbor bonds are to be opened at noon July 1. In all $ 950,000 of bonds will be sold, cording to the resolution of the pe commissioners passed yesterday The bonds will be delivered in three installments, the first not earlier than August 1, 1912, and not later than October! The other install ments are to follow six months pan The bonds cover all of the WIFE OF PORTLAND OFFICER | KILLS HIM (By United Press Ceased Wire) PORTLAND, Or., June 1 After shooting and probably fatally wounding her husband as he lay beside her in bed, Mrs. E. 8. Peachin, wife of Sargeant Peachin of the Portland police force, turned the revolver on herself at their home at Wichita station, near here, FIRM ENTERTAIN ITS EMPLOYES An enjoyable gathering of the em |ployes of the Ernst Hardware and) Plumbing Co, was held at Fortuna park on Memorial day, the occasion being the second annual picnic giv jen by the firm The steamer Fortuna was char |tered and the park turned over to the employes and their families. A| baseball game between the Hard ware-Tinners and the Plumbers was first on the program, the Hardware Tinners winning by one run. The families than gathered around the tables in the park for lunch, In the afternoon a tug-of-war |between the plumbers and the tin ners Was “pulled off,” the former winning by a foot. Much coaching | and cheering helped the boys in| their efforts, Dancing during the afterngon was enjoyed by many of the picnickers Another ball game was held tn the jafternoon by the boys who did not} care to dance, and was in many} respectts @ more snappy game than | the “official” one in the forenoon | | $5,950,000 IN HARBOR BONDS TO BE OPENED JULY 1 J early J each heard. Mar Dong picked up Kee summoned three men in the Gon Ton, Mon Kee and Fook, but the murderer ha caped. The police are looking for the man who made the purchases! (my Untied Preee Leman about midnight, thinking he is the| pRovVIDENCE, Pp: one who fired the shot | Sweeping victory bert ci Kee wan taken to the elty |throughout Rhode Island pital, and died at 4 o'clock, democratic presidential bullet having entered bis spine was shown by practi lodged in bis liver |returns. Clark will get Good Dip, the Chinese consul. | geiegates to the di wald that, as far as be knew, Kee lal convention in Balth had not nemy in the city, but | vote which was em that the ting may have remult-| 50 tar tabulated stander ed from iB war. The po'le Py " lark 5,712, Wilson are of the same opinion, the tong |) o."72g wars in San Francisco having nt an THEA Seattle's Best P and store | CHAMP Ch how the nd that the « | be reduce | proposes reduction | bookkeer | Kone | making lerk's office expenses will $6,000 this year, and he| » add $6,000 more to the| next r. A® a trained] r and accountant, he bas all the fi before | his announcement He! |finds that the expense of moving} the files will be entirely elimin during the next two year 8 lived in Seattle Womer wil ehanc to have their ote for members it the coming primaries teresting to watch those solor jit wilt toe | kind of m | posed the the 1909 from th promi those face to ask for women not giving some of those credit for their full cheek session, will hav © women voters in 1912. nt voter politic amor A boomlet started at the Roose velt conyvéntion at Aberdeen may ripen into a full-grown boom durin this month for State Senator W. H. }Pa hemes as a gubernatorial pos-| jsibility. The “rhubarb king” from Sumner, as he has been nicknamed |is ing wood until after the Chi cag nvention probably | | That T. R. will be nominated is a triple copper-riveted cinch, accord. jing to locai politicians. This does | not mean that he will be necessarily nominated by the regular republican national convention. If he isn’t, T R. will jaunch a new party, it ix generally belleved, on the ground that he had been “jobbed” of the regular nomination by the national committee. ] turday. Mate 391; harbor improvements, including the | $3,000,000 for the Harbor fsland terminal project, but not including the issue for the Lake Washington ferry The bonds may be bid for | in their entirety or in portion, and the bids must be accompanied by a |= certified check of 1 per cent.| Masslich & Reed, legal bond ex perts, have been employed to pass on the validity of the bonds. SULPHURRO MATE rst om FOR RTE OOK AND HERSELF bullet in a today, putting her heart and The shooting a dying followed through stantly quarrel The tragedy was discovered by Mrs, Krigbaum, mother of Mrs Peachin, wife of Sergeant Peachin lived with the Peachins. Mra. Krig baum heard the Peachins quarre! ond ran to their room after shooting by the Journeymed 71, at Porta June 2, 181% round All welcomes | Park ever? Prove Ri, Reai Au POST CARDO—S1.00 PER Kodak Films devel roll, any size. ie "A. M. FROST 1332 First Avew Have Your j ing the Husband and wife were locked in other's arms when found Peachin evidently having grappled | with his wife and attempted to pre | | “ORIENTAL LIMITED”| LEAVES SEATTLE NIGHTLY AT 7:10 P. My CHICAGO WITHOUT CHANGE 4 New Compartinent-Observation Cars, Standard gad: bat nm Sleepers, Dining Cars (meals a la carte) ¥ Lighted—Vacuum-Cleaned. EASTERN EXCURSIONS ©! Tickets on eg ue June oe ‘frequent ns Mey during and September, ane gu TICKET OFFICE COLUMBIA AND ee | W. MELDRUM, City Pass, and Ticket sl