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A WARRANT FOR the arrest of John D. Rock
efeller was recently Issued by the state
authorities at Findley, Ohio, and is now in the
hands of the sheriff of Hancock county. This
warrant was issued on a complaint filed by Prose
cutor David, charging Rockefeller with violating
the anti-trust law in organizing and maintaining
a monopoly in the oil business. The warrant
directs the sheriff to "take the said John D.
Rockefeller if found in your county, or if he shall
have fled, that you pursue him to any other county
in the state, and take and safely keep the said
John D. Rockefeller, so that you have his body
before this court to answer the said complaint
and be further dealt with according to law." The
warrant is signed by Judge Banker, of the probato
court of Hancock county.
T OHN D. ROCKEFELLER is now at Campiegne,
France. The Chicago Record-Herald printed
. a cablegram 'from Campiegne in which Rocke
feller Is quoted as saying: "I will make no state
ment whasoever for publication." Rockefeller
said this when questioned about the warrant for
his arrest. To a Paris newspaper man who asked
for his opinion on this warrant Mr. Rockefeller
wrote: "This whole affair is a matter of poli
tics." Prof. Strong, Mr. Rockefeller's son-in-law,
said to the same newspaper man: "The' issue
of the warrant is absurd. A word of explanation
from Mr. Rockefeller will dismiss it." The oil
magnate seems, however, to be considerably wor
ried, for in the Recor,d-Herald's cablegram it is
said: "Mr. Rockefeller played golf with the
mayor and Dr. Biggar all this afternoon. He
made good strokes, but he was nervous undoubt
edly. Usually as gay as a schoolboy at the game,
fto did not smile once today-. His face seemed
heavy and drawn and hard as granite. Yet when
;rJif! "!?ded lie marked: 'I have hadade
lightful afternoon.'
AFINDLAY, OHIO dispatch follows: "If John
D. Rockefeller does not come to Ohio when
he returns from abroad it will be impossible to
extradite him in the suit brought against him in
the probate court here for violation of the anti
trust laws. The offense charged is a misdemeanor
S5,i?ie V 0t 0hl0' 'Had R been a felony
punishable by a penitentiary sentence' said
ST'bSt'LW F' 'WG. CUld veextradUeS
bl a fln li i nl? a misdemeanor punishable
by a fine and jail sentence that can not be done.'
INin?S t?E TRJST case ln Proas of hear-
the cfnt nl Tnl08 ity' W F Lyons' President of
uie uential Ice company of that place stn.tm
capital of $G00, had cleared $45,000 in tho fni
uea'a? Srbo?d atTh? no,wnoa apian? 1
uea at ?400,000. Mr. Lyons said that nripp mio-hf
to be even higher tfian they are Mr ' ivon? tS5
of making two advances this season in the nHce
"How SiMd t0 Pe(ldlers' on ApriM Tnd on May l
How did you come to raise the price on the
1st of April?" was asked. "I heard tha? tli
other companies intnr.i,i o i neaiu tliat the
aatd he UPow or io "ombinaUon " L,yonS
ness "But It isn't .SS,.1",.
payTng $7 VW n'T", tm? WVo,K be
?c7men$ hSt'the p coifo h,X:,m!,Uty t tho
ssps K0? &XK
DUG,THB SAMB """'ns Harry T Burk
i-J secretary or the Pennw.. ri JS uik.
pany. He simply fixed the price for his own
company and while he did not know, he said, that
all the other companies promptly made the same
price, he had not heard of anybody who had
failed to follow his lead. He told how his com
pany sometimes bought ice for $2 a ton and sold
it for $5 without ever seeing the product. Wit
ness said he was unable to tell the cost of pro
duction, and declared that the supply and demand
fixes the price of ice.
TN THE PROCEEDINGS against the French
JL Lick Springs Hotel company, charged with
maintaining a gambling institution, the Indiana
state authorities have demanded the privilege
of examining the books of the hotel company.
This is the concern owned by Thomas Taggart,
present chairman of the democratic national com
mittee. Dispatches say that Mr. Taggart makes
no objection to the demand. In another proceed
ing brought by Taggart to oust the lessees of tho
gambling rooms, an order was issued granting
Taggarfs petition and ousting the lessees on the
ground that they allowed gambling in the build
ing in violation of the lease. The authorities
claim that this suit is all a pretense on Taggarfs
part; that he received a large sum of money
each year for the quarters, knowing that gambling
was being carried on and they say that Taggarfs
suit to eject the gamblers was brought as a de
fense pre-arranged in an assumption that the
gambling house would be raided. Many demo
cratic newspapers insist that Mr. Taggart shall
resign from the chairmanship of the national
committee. He declares that he will not resign
and his friends say that in view of his vigorous
denial of responsibility for the gambling at his
hotel, he should not bd convicted in the public
.judgment until he Jhas had a fair trial' in the
courts. '
JOHN W. ECKHART, president of the Iroquois
J club, Chicago, has received a letter from Mr.
Bryan, accepting that club's invitation to a recep
tion or dinner in September. The Chicago Record
Herald says that in his letter to Mr. Eckhart
Mr. Bryan stated: "Your cable addressed to -me
at St, Petersburg was forwarded to me here. I
have wired you and now write in explanation.
The reception or banquet should be as
- simple as possible. My views on this subject are
known in the United States, and they have been
strengthened by what I have seen abroad, There
are more democratic ways of spending money
than on high-priced dinners and costly receptions.
As people do not attend political dinners, pri
marily, for the purpose of eating, but for the com
munion together, $2 or $3 per plate is enough,
and I really prefer the dollar dinner. I very much
appreciate the compliment paid me by your club
in tendering me the banquet (a reception with
out a banquet would be equally acceptable) and
nope that your members have not been deceived
by the report in the newspapers that I have be
come conservative. My views on public ques
tions have not undergone any change and my
opposition to trusts and the corporate domina
tion of politics is more earnest, if that is pos
sible than at any time in the past. I think the
people are beginning to recognize that it is really
more conservative to correct abuses than to "al
low predatory wealth to load its sins upon honest
accumulation and legitimate business."
UNDER DATE OF London, July 11, the New
York Times prints the, following, cable dis
patch from its London correspondent: "Is it
'"V aBked Mr- Bryan yesterday, 'that Presi
dent Roosevelt caught you In swimming and stole
your clothes? Over in America they say that
is what has happened.' 'He didn't get all my
clothes,' Mr. Bryan answered laughingly and
quickly added; 'I doubt whether what he did get
fitted him very well.' Mr. Bryan went on:
is hard uphill work for Mr. Roosevelt to make his
administration respond to the country's evident '
demand for reforms, for the country gave him
no mandate. The platform on which lie was elect
cd does not declare that our laws and our govern.
ZVT at ?, welfa'e-of thVwhofe p
?qni ma de1mclcratic President ,1s chosen in
1908 he will undoubtedly represent a party com-
mitted to this reform idea and will hr? in m,ii
a- different situation. There is no doubt about
the people's wish in this respect? V?ews tnat
were considered revolutionary La few yeare ao
are now accepted as sane and nlcessay A
change has come over the country. An American
tl elSft'ffi n"Mr BlTan' h0 yoxplain
uie ciiange that has come over some of our rinh
SZtetaS? t0 r1,1- atFude to trcraue
Si-v SL7 . J reHed: "The explanation is very
easy. People who live in a valley watch tho
theTimowfr," a fl00d ' th"
mey Know that the higher, the dam, the. creator
minds S ?? Sme f them have made up Sci
minds that they can not afford to dan- nnhiir.
sentiment any longer." There is anotto Ptwn2
pause" SSC Mli remarked after f
pause, namely, the eth cal movement A wenl
SoEihta? fre bGSrinnIn to learn 'that tteSTto
mrevL?,tlie W?,rld more valuable than
S Ss whiraS S" me to hear of numbers
L??i T?ere men haye total! a larger view of
their relations to their fellows and of their re
sponsibilltles. This introspecUon is madng some
wWdHhSfS? f th? uestIonle methods
wmch they have resorted in the past.'"
ALTiS?h?' ?RK3DR has taken issue with some
Tnff m statemtents made by Secretary of War
n rmJl,s, Speech towered at Greensboro N
to hVfker Clares that the rotary sought
to have the public draw the inference that the
t7onsnt.rrrCUt0nS allesed S? combing
Uons are due to new statutes. To this Judgo
tentS if88 e,XCGP,tl0n and-t0 suPPrt' his col
a7 ?GLqiUteS fr0m llis lette & acceptance
tat nSnV!lbSGqUe?0y delivered during the
ZnA ffirt campaign, in both the -speech
fw Qtter ludse Parker Is quoted' as saying
" freiv WnZT ? the tatutG Wok were 'en-SSL-d!quate'
lf enforced. Judge Parker, in his
statement, says: "The inference that Mr. Taft
S thnt f5Ie fe Vmic draw from hls utterances
i ? thin?, are due t0 new statutes; that
L ,i,Ti ? CaUU Wh ch the law is nw receiving
tin? it 1 ,conlonnl aqtion since 1904. But
riiHnnc f? B0;. ?lone o tne successful prose
2SwP2Sfif?P,7Wo11 the existInS administration is
SSL id t0 redit is based on aQy new stat"te.
Every single one of them down to this date rests
L uthe law as it stood in 1904, and it
2532? bu l0,St sIsht of by a discriminating
i?S ?iati th?J?w could have been nforcd in
Si?w "i", f' an.d- in 1902' ust a well as
S; ? fc e-en' th0 wrngs from which the
people have suffered would not have so multi-
JHE ATCHISON, Topeka and Santa Fe Rail
vp ??dTnl?omp"ny Is spending $10,000,000 to
s?orv J S eS' The ?Cansaa City Star tells the
- nZY n thls way: An army of men and ma
thi tZr "SeT worldg day and uight to complete
thfl IZn vl CUt;,0ff between Texico, N. M, on
vZrnn 5 ey line of the Santa Fe, and Rio
Tim V rty, leB east of Albuquerque, N. M.
llL nfn k th.e main line t0 Emporia is 124
Tff'?ie by th cut-ff it will be 109.9 miles.
It is asked why this vast expenditure of money
maiEfr r,f r? .laved is Dnly 6-7 miles? As a
Xta mnSlv1?4' G Santa Fe ls really spending
SfiiA w y Ti,he PurPse of avoiding half a
So eAlhUerquo' N M" and La Junta,
if 'thn ?nnnhe J'2 miles Saved is not material.
tnJ i?1? 2,0J? feet difference in altitude between
r,rLinf ?Q Mounn; the highest point on the
present line, and the Abo Pass, the highest point
on the proposed cut-off, that is really material."
SENATOR TILLMAN'S only " opponent in his
candidacy, for the United States senate
Colonel W. W. Lumpkin has withdrawn and
Senator Tillman will probably be re-elected with
out opposition. Even the New York World pays
a tribute to Mr. Tillman. While contending that
Mr. Tillman is "lacking in dignity" the World
say that there should be no opposition to his re
election and adds: "Mr. Tillman. is not only
morally but intellectually honest. And ho has
not only fidelity but courage. He fights not only
with his brain and tongue, but sometimes, unfor
tunately, With his flstq, Nobody over accused