The sun., 1916-12-06

field AZ the representative Of and . large
stakeholder in the Acme OIL Company.
Ida Tarbell In the history she wrote OF
the Standard OIL Company asserted
fatty that the Acme was financed by Mr..
Rockefeller and his associates.
This could not be proved. The COM
.pany nominally was independent. But In
the fall Of that year Mr.. Archbold. once
its alert n dangerous opponent, be-
came openly Identified with the Standard
Oil hackers As . director.
One Of Nine Directors.
In 1882. when thirty-nine companies
were consolidated, he was one Of the nine
directors chosen. one Of the three original
trustees who had not been In the South
Improvement Company. The eight other
directors were John D. and William
Rockefeller, O. II. Payne, J. A. Bostwick.
II. NJ. Flagler. w. q. Warden. Charles
Pratt and Benjamin Brewster.
From that time forth he was merged
into the vast silence which pervaded the
corporation. When 2s Broadway was
built he was one Of the FIRST men as
signed offices In the building. Probably
there was an interesting story in his
quiet climb to the top Of the aggrega-
ton OF able men who were the stand
ard" But he never told II. He Was
best known as the spokesman for the
company. He never lodged process SER
vers. When there was an Investigation
II was he who took the stand and with
his keen mind fenced ably with the best
attorneys Of the country.
He was called upon to tell what he
knew vi inc 'rouoies winch "'Vse
pam Oh !" Inuepenuent wv I"e w"
sousu, 10 cross view Jersey, peio.0
tnat ne was ca'ieu upon 10 'en tne ~
torney-Henerai OF fennsS,Vania ~netne.
ne Nne" WY '"e "uiepe'u.'' W, n".n
mat state were getting out OF inc ous'-
ness 70 rap'o'y'
looked I'*e F's"''
lie wa. hcckled by tho Attorney-Gen-
era, of ohio-a historic INVESTIGATION
| wtIch grew acrimonious and led to some
ono suggesting that there might be a
Iiadlcy fenced with him. scoring few
pIIn. "s .a.,s... mnn.uha. ~
w.at ~ ~
d'dnt KNOW. which came 10 the same
'h,ns !" .he emu ..... can.
I'M" ca'he 'ne n IT,
whicn Iea eVentua,y 70 tne u,soo,u',on
decree. LUIS ,,me Nn'' N'onoou aaop,eu
q ui,erent a'''.uue. u. a ,"nu'.,
GENIAL reany 10 Inior,ha.lon 70
rr"ns neI'oss. o'"S'sN va MI:
'rcnpoiu hiiiNeii' ~ ~" ~ Suu
10 nave put the OIL IN Stanuaro JUS
policies. VINO reached the decision tnst II
was fut'ie 10 resist iur.ne.. ana petnaps.
as later events proved nc roresaw no
financial lose would come OF IT,
~ was during this nearing mat sud.
nehiy' alrnost urdrna'icaiiy' ne was leu
to reveal that Tor ten years Mr.. iSocke-
Teller had been out OF 'he game IN fact
II. not technically ana 'hat ne siieh'iy
had taken charee'
W years later MT. Archoold cams
into the public eye In a d'nerent way
az the author OF a number OF letters to
senator Ntatt quay. senator boies rem
rose, Joseph Z. Sioiey' VINO was a repre-
sentative In Congress from Tennsyl-
vania senator Joseph Benson foraker
and others.
Letters stolen From Files.
yr .,.o,a,r, ., NJ A.cnho,a.
.,a,.rnr, ~. s,o,or ,ror, ,hn Az. ~
tho s,,rs,ra on Cor,nany a, os Rroad.
wav nv trusted emn,oyee. wbo sofa
,hsr, N " n Hears, The re,or.cd
co,s,dera,ion WAS ~, ooo Mr. A,ch.
ho,a ana some Of those named IN the
| c-orrespordence asserted they had been
altered in many instance, in order To
maks ,hcm apnear in tina wors, light
nossib,e,
"ohyjous,v among such n co,e-ie All
,,or.Jc,,v a, ,he,r ou,nr, =, no, "a n.
I ilah,Iv accented" Mfr Archbo,a wro,. IN
, statement 70 Tur S,.S In 1908 The
onpor,unit,cs for falsiHcation. suppre.s-
,,, M, cor,ex, dls,or,ior n, nassapes
are many.
Ru, whether m. letter. were written
,,s, az NJ Hears, prin,cd thorn. or vera
forged in MANY instances. a, Golfers
rt,.clJ, a..er,eJ ,hev haa a nroforrd