The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-05
STANDARD OIL CO.
PRESIDENT DEAD
j. ID. ArchbOld Failed to Raj
ly Following Operation
for Appendicitis
ONE OF ORIGINAL
TRUSTEES OF TRUST
1t Is Estimated That His Fortune. Made
Almost Entirely by Oil and its By
Products, Was Nearly 100000, ,oOO-
Gave Syracuse University $500. 900.

TARRlTOWN, \. Y, Dec. 5.-John D.
ArchboId, president of the Standard Oil
company OF New Jersey, died in his home
here about O'Clock this morning. Mr..
Archbold's death followed an illness of less
than two weeks
lie was operated upon for appendicitis
Nov. %, and at first he seemed to rally.
but later he suffered a relapse Blood
TRANSMISSION was resorted to, Mr. Arch
bolds chauffeur volunteering as the sub
Ject OF this operation. MIR Archbold
showed increased strength and physicians
were optimistic that the improvement
would be permanent
Funeral services will be held here
Thursday forenoon. While the services
Iare taking place Tarrytown industries will
suspend operation as memorial to Mr..
Archbolds democracy in the village of his
Ircsidence. Mr.. Archbold is survived hy
his wife, son, John F. Archbold, and
two daughters, Mrs. NJ. NJ. Van Buren
Iof Newport, II. j., and Mrs. Armar ID.
Saunderson of Lyndhurst, England
John ID. Archbold was almost as closely
identified with the history of the Standard
Ioll as John ID. Rockefeller himself. or
1.-THE first nine trustees 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 it was he who was named to
engineer the dissolution, after which he
became president and director of the Stan
'dard Oil company OF New Jersey He was
the most active and aggressive fighter in
the oil combine and invariably represent
ed the Standard Oil on the witness stand
in the numerous hearings in connection
with the government : suit to dissolve It,
This publicity was still further height
ened by the publication of a score or
more Of letters from Mr.. Archbod to Jo-
lseph b. Foraker. then senator from OHIO.
Representative Joseph {. Sibiey of Penn
isylvania and other statesmen showing that
large sums OF money had been distributed
Tor the alleged purpose of influencing ia
vorable legislation at Washington. Mr.
Archbold considered them as attorneys
| fees. The publication of these letters ex-
posed Mr.. Archbod to attack from every
quarter.
| John Dustin Archbold was born at
! Leesburg, O., July 26, l84S, and was work
ing in country store at Salem, O., when
he heard OF the wonderful oil regions in
western Pennsylvania where men were be
coming rich over night. In 1864 he went
| to the oil fields and became a rcfiner and
| buyer at TitusvilIc 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 1870, until his death he was an associate
! Of the Rockefelers
1t has been estimated that his fortune,
made almost entirely in oil and its by
products, was nearly $l00,0000O0
| Mr.. Archbold was one of the best in
formed of men in the details of the oil
| business in all its branches. and he held,
according to his own statement, that all
the practices of the Standard Oil company
were honorable, and, he believed, in con
formity to law.
Il stand unquestionably," he said in de
Tending the trust idea. for cooperative
evolution | believe that the large cor
porations of the present day represent
more nearly this cooperation than any
| other system yet undertaken
| Although Mr., Archbold was not partic-
ularly conspicuous as a benefactor he
made many large gifts, including a sum of
100000 to Syracuse University in one
hump, besides annual donations of smaller
amounts. He was also a church member
| and a liberal contributor to religious work
He maintained a beautiful estate at Cedar
| Cliff, Tarrytown-on-H Hudson, and home
| at Southampton Long Island.