The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-23
KEENE FILM FLAM led.
Lawson Says Standard Oil Made a Tool
of Him.

Boston, Dec. 23.-In a statement to
the public Thomas W. Lawson once
more scorches Henry H. Rogers, Jas.
r. Keene and Editor Donohue of the
New York Commercial. He says that
when Governor Flower died Rogers,
Rockefeller and others in the pool got
Keene. the only stock market juggler
who could do it, to make $4,000, 900
Accent pieces look like 100000 80
and 96-cent pieces long enough to dis
pose of them to the people in exchange
for their savings Continuing, he
says:
I'm consideration of Keene doing the
people up brown. the Standard Oil
would subscribe one-half of the money
necessary to float a new rubber COM
pany and loan its magic name to the
enterprise First the amount was
Keene completed his job of unloading
Arnalgamated, Lawson says, Standard
Oil suddenly withdrew its subscription
and name from the rubber company.
Touching on Dennis Donohue, Law
son offers any newspaper man 500, OOv
If he can prove the letter Donohue
printed purpOrting to come from him
was a complete copy. He charges
DonOhue with repeatedly violating his
condolences, and publishes the much
discussed Donohue letter. In this let
ter Editor Donohue apologies for at
lacking Lawson, says he regrets that
he does Ito please another" and
praises Lawson for his gift of words
and breezy style.
Under the caption III H. Rogers
Commercial" Mr.. Lawson says despite
MI Rogers denial that he owns the
New York Commercial, which Donohue
edits He asserts that Rogers found
D. o. Haynets pressed for capital and
loaned him money to run the paper and
that this was at the time Haynes was
causing the Standard Oil party much
trouble He AYERS that Rogers started
Donohue upon that indecently scarlet
biography of Haynes which astonished
all civilized men and women who read
it."
Then when Heinze sued the paper
Rogers refused Haynes that further fin
ancial assistance, which was necessary
FOR the preservation of his interests.
I hold myself ready at any time to
prove these facts in any court of law or
otherwise" Mr.. Lawson concludes.
New York, Dec. 23-The most sensa-
tional OF the many sensational develop
ments in the Lawson war on 1.-The
System" is statement by the Boston
dnancier that James r. Keene was
buncoed out of $1,000 900 which the trust
had promised him as a reward for MAX
ing wash sales of Amalgamated Cop
per rms statement followed the pub
lication by Mr.. Keene of his letter to
Lawson, which the latter had claimed
q@ proof of the statement that Keene
had made wash" sales of Amalgamated
In an interview Lawson declared
keene was promised a loan of 81, 000, 600
by Henry H. Rogers in return for
washing" big blocks of Amalgamated
stock, but was turned down by Mr.
Rogers after Mr.. Keene had done his
bidding. Strange to say, later in the
day there were rumOrs in Boston that
Mr. keene would take up the cudgels
against the system. in conjunction
with Mr.. Lawson.
The story of the alleged dealings be
tween Keene and H. H. Rogers, and es-
pecially the throwing down of Mr.
Keene, was a big surprise. There has
never been hint of it before. 1t is
said that Mr.. Lawson was in cOmmuni-
cation with Mr. Keene yesterday and
that their relations were not so strained
as might appear.
An interesting meeting is expected
when J. Edward Addicks goes to Bos-
ton. He is warned in advance not to
attempt any of his tricks on Lawson,
but Lawson has decided to meet him
and Addicks will be face to face with
the man who has attacked him so bit
terly.