New Britain herald., 1916-12-05
JOHN }. ARCHb0LD, 0F OIL FAME, DEAD Pioneer in Field, He Always De-
 tended Trust Idea BEGAN LIFE AS POOR BOY

Attracted by Opportunities in Penn
 syIvania as Youth, He Built Fortune
 Up to $1OO.OOO, ,OOO-Fricnd of JoI,n
 D. Rockefeller.
 Tarrytown, N. Y, Dec. 5.-A noted figure in the worlds petroleum indus try was removed today when John Dustin Archbold, capitalist, president of the Standard Oil company of New Jersey, and officer or director in vari- ous other enterprises, died at his home here after two weeks illness subse- quent to an operation for appendic1- tis. Death came at 4 o'clock this morning. For some hours the patient had been unable to receive proper nourishment and members of his family recognized last night that the end was near
 Funeral services will be held here Thursday forenoon, attended by rela- tives and many of his personal and business friends, including John D. Rockefeller and William Rockefeller and their families. While these services are taking place Tarrytown's various
 
 a memorial to MT. Archbold's demo- cracy in the village of his residence.
 MT. Archbold is survived, by his wife, a son, John E. Archbold of Thomasville, Ga, and two daughters, Mrs. M. M. Van Beuren of Newport, R. l., and Mrs. Armar D. Saunder- son, of Lyndhurst, England.
 Was 6S Years of Age.
 MT. Archbold was a native of Ohio and was 68 years old In early life he was an oil refner and buyer in western Pennsylvania and in 1875 he became associated with the Rocke- feller interests, a connection that con- tinued until his death. He became president of the Standard Oil company of New Jersey shortly after the disso- lution of the trust was ordered by tho United States supreme court.
 Mr. Archbold's death followed an illness of less than two weeks. He was operated upon for appendicitis Novemb Der 23 and for a time seemed to rally. Later he suffered a relapse and the five physicians attending him decided that blood transmission must be resorted to. Mr. Archbold's chauffeur volunteered as the subject of this 
 formed on the afternoon of Novem- Der 29 by Dr. Lindeman and Dr. Brewer.
 Following the operation MT. Arch bold showed increased strength and his physicians and members of his family appeared optimistic that the improvement would be permanent. His simple habits of lifeaa rugged constitution buoyed up the hope that he would survive. Throughout his illness MT. Archbold retained his keen mentality and his strong determination to recover aided for a time the fight to bring him back to health.
 A Second Rockefeller.
 John D. Archbold was almost as closely identified with the history of the Standard Oil as John D. Rockefel- Ter himself. Of the first nine trus- tees of the trust formed in 1882 he alone remained in this capacity until its dissolution in 1911 at the or der of the United States Supreme Court, and it was he who was named to engineer the dissolution, after which he became president and di- rector of the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey. He was the most ac- tice and aggressive fighter in the oil combine and invariably represented the Standard Oil on the witness stand in the numerous hearings in connec- tion with the governments suit to dissolve it.
 This publicity was still further heightened by the publication of a score or more of letters from Mr. Arch bold to Joseph B. Foraker then senator from Ohio, Representative Joseph c. Sibley, of Pennsylvania and other statesmen showing that large sums of money had been distributed for the alleged purpose of influencing favorable legislation at Washington MT. Archbold considered them as at torney fees. The publication of these letters exposed Mr. Archbold to at tack from every quarter
 Began Life In Country Store.
 John Dustin Archbold was born at Leesburgh, O., July 26, 184S, and was working in a country store at Salem, O., when he heard of the won derful oil regions in Western Pennsyl- vania where men were becoming rich over night. Tn 1864 he went to the oil fields and became a refner and buyer at Titusville. He became the agent of a new company, the Acme ,t company. which proved to be an off, shoot of the Rockefeller interests, 1 and from that time, in 1875, until his | death he was an asso ciate of the 1 
 John D. Rockefeller tells in his l Random Reminiscences'' of how he | first met MT. Archbold. In stopping 1 at a hotel, Mir. Rockefeller was struck | by the fact that on the hotel register | was written in large characters this 1 
 John D. Archbold, S4.00 a Bbl.
 -Four dollars a barrel' was MT. 1 ArchbOld's battle cry and though he l