The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-12-05
JOHN ARCHBOLD
TAKEN BY DEATH

| Thursday forenoon attended IN rcla-
| tiyeS and many Of his personal and
business friends. including John D.
/ Rnckcrcllcr aud William Rockercllcc
| and their families. While tho ser
/ vices are taking place Tnrry towns
various Industries Will suspend opera
tinn ~ Il memorial 10 Mr.. Archbold's IS
democracy III tIlc village ~ his resi-
dcnce
Mr. Archhold Is survived by his
widow Il son. John n Archhold. OF
EfIhomasvtllc. Ga: and two daughters.
Ars- M. M Van Rurnn. of Newport.
R. .is.aand Mrs ArmAr ~ Saundorson.
pr Iyndhurst. England
Trustee of ."Trust-''
.lohn III !Nrchbold WIS almost aa
ErloselY identified with e#history or
Ittt. standard OIL Company ny John ~
IlSock"frllGr himself or the hl>st nine
trustGcE III the trust formed in.
IlSS3 he nlona remained fiji this en-
lpAcity until lts dissolution in 1911 at
| tho order ~ the supreme court Of the
/ United states andit was ll,s who was
named 10 engineer the dissolution.
hrtcr which he became president and
I5director or tile Standard Oil Company
of New Jersey. He WIS tte#most act
lNNf ttill TE'tAlFF OIL
E5cOmhine. and Invariably represented
tho Standard oil on the witness
stand In tile numerous hearings in
l#cnnncCtiOn with the governments
I#sttit to dissolve H.
| This publicity was Rlill further
| iheiEhtGnrd BY the publication of Til
score OrrnOrc or letters from Mr..
Ito Joseph b. Foraker. then
senator from Ohio. Representative
Joseph G. Siblay. Of Pennsylvania,
and other statesmen. showing that
large sums OF money had been dis
ltrtbutcd for the alleged purpose Of In
flncncng favorable legislation MT
Washington. Mr.. Archbold consider
sed them ms attorney fees. The pub
.Iication of these letters exposed Mr..
Archbola to attack from every quar-
ter.
John Dustin Archbold was born at
O.. July 26. 1913. and wAs
working I'm u country store ut Salem.
O., when he heard of the wonderful
pil regions in western Pennsylvania
where men were becoming rich over
might I'M 1864 he went to tile OH
fields and became \ reliner and buyer
Eat 'Citusyllle. He became the agent
! of new company, the Acme Conn
pAny, which proved to bo an ofRshnut
that time. In 875. until his death he
was an associate Of the Rockefellers.
John ri Rockefeller tells Ii his
Random Remiuiscenccs''o b Z how he
first met Mr.. ArchbOId IN stopping
at q hotel. Mr.. Rockefeller was struck
by theIfact that on the hotel register
was written in large characters this
inscriptions:
JOHN u. A3CHBOID sd IA BRIL-,
-Four dollars a barrel a was Mr.
Archbold's battle cry, and though he
did not succeed In putting crude oil
up To- the figure named, he did sue
ceed#@ln attracting the attention. OF
Mr. Rockefeller Ia a way that led to-
business association with the Stand
ards interests.
Arehbold was The drst man
among his associates to whom Mr..
RockeEcller pays tribute ia his
"Reminiscences Among other things.
4heasaid.
Mr. Archbo1d has always had az
well developed sense of humor, and
on#one OCCASION. when he ewas on the
witness stand. he was asked by. the
opposing lawyer:
'Mr Archbold, are you director
OF this corn pany?
Il nm
What ts your occupat ton In this
company
TO clanor for dividends ss'
It has been estimated that his for
tune, made almost entirely mol and
it's by-products. was nearly $40
100000.
Finely Informed.
Mr.. Archbold was one of the best
informed men In the details Of the OIL
business In all Its branches, and he
held, according tn# his own statement,
that all the practices of the Standard
Oil Company were honorable. and
~ stand unquesttonable,' n he said
in defending the trust idea, for co
operative evolution. believe that
the large corporations OF the present.
day represent more nearly this co
operation than any other system yet
undertaken" !" sfs
Although Mr.. Archbold was not
particularly conspicuous as a sbenefac
tor, he made many large gifts, In
Guiding q sum OF 100000 to Syra
cuse University In one lump, besides
annual a donations Of small Ter amountss
He was also al church member and "a
liberal contributor to religious work
He was married in Il no to- Miss An
ME Mills, OF Tttusvflle, Pa, and
maintained q beautiful estate att Ee
dar Cliff. Tarrytown-on-H anu
a home At South IAN pton,
OIL HIGHEST 1! G.
IN Price in#.the History of ittfE1e