Evening star., 1916-12-05

JOHN ID. AHCHBOLD.
By the Associated Press.
TARRYTOwN. n. Y. December 5.-A
noted figure in the worlds petroleum
industry was removed today, when
John Dustin Archbold. capitalist. pres
ident of the Standard OIL Company OF
New Jersey. and officer or director in
various other enterprises. died at his
home here after a two-week illness
subsequent to an operation for appen-
dicitis. Death came at o'clock this
morning. For some hours the patient
had been unable to receive proper
nourishment and members of his fam
lily 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 serv-
ices are taking place Tarrytown's va
rious industries will suspend opera
tion as memorial to Mr.. Archbold's
democracy in the village of his resi-
dence.
Mr.. Archbold Is survived by his Wild
ow. son. John F. Archbold. and two
daughters. Mrs Al. NJ. Van Beuren Of
Newport. r. l., and Mrs. Armar d. Saun-
derson OF Lyndhurst, England.
Standards Most Aggressive Fighter.
John D. Archbold was almost as
closely identified with the history of
the Standard Oil as John D. Rocke-
feller 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 order of
the United States Supreme Court, and
1t was he who was named to engineer
the dissolution. after which he became
president and director of the Standard
Oil Company of New Jersey. He was
the most active and aggressive fighter
In the oil combine. and invariably rep
resented the Standard Oil on the wit
connection with the governments suit
to dissolve it.
This publicity was still further
heightened by the publication of .
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 favor
able legislation at Washington. Mr..
Archbold considered them as attorney
fees. The publication of these letters
exposed Mr.. Archbold to attack from
every quarter.
John Dustin Archbold was born At
Leesburg. Ohio. July %. 1898. and was
working in country store at Salem,
Ohio, when he heard of the wonderful
oil regions in western Pennsylvania.
where men were becoming rich over
night. In 1864 he went to the oil fields
and became refner and buyer at
Titusville. He became the agent of .
new company. the Acme company.
which proved to be an offshoot Of the
Rockefeller interests. and from that
time. in 1873. until his death ne was
an associate Of the Rockefellers.
How He Met Rockefeller.
John D. Rockefeller tells. In his
Random "reminiscences" of how he
first met Mr.. Archbold. In stopping at
a hotel. Mr.. Rockefeller was struck BY
the fact that on the hotel register was
written, in large characters. this in
scription:
JOHN D. ARCHBoI.D. 81 90 a BBL.
-Four dollars a barrel" was Mr.. Arch
bold's battle cry, and. though he did
to the isure named, he did succeed In
attracting the attention of Mr.. Rocke-
feller in way that led to business
association with the Standards inter-
ests.
Mr.. Archbold was the first man among
his associates to whom Mr. Rocke-
feller pays tribute in his "reminiscences.
Among other things. he said:
"Nr. Archbold has always had a well
developed sense of humor. and on one
occasion. when he was on the witness
stand he was asked by the opposing
lawyer:
Mr.. Archbold. are you a director OF
this company
81 am
What is your occupation in this
,,.
Fortune Estimated at 100000, 900.
1t has been estimated that his for
tune, made almost entirely in oil and
is by-products, was nearly Slo0.o00.o00.
Mr. Archbold was one of the best in
formed of men in the details of the
,il business in all its branches. and he
1eld, according to his own statement.
hat all the practices of the Standard
Oil Company were honorable. and. he
believed in conformity to law.
81 stand unquestionably." he said in
defending the trust idea. for Coop
,rative evolution. ! believe that the
arge corporations Of the present day
more nearly tnls Co-opeFes
ion than any other system yet under.
AIKEN"
Although Mr.. Archbold was not par.
icularly conspicuous as benefactor,
,e made many large gifts. including
um of 100000 to Syracuse University
n one lump, besides annual donations
II smaller amounts. He was also .
.huroh member and a liberal con-
ributor to religious work. He was
married in 1870 to Miss Annie Mills
Il Titusville, Pa. and maintained .
,eautiful estate at Cedar Cliff, Tarry.
own-on- -Hundson, and q homo at