Show WON OVER STANDARD OIL edwin W sims district attorney of chicago who prosecuted the standard oil company comi any in the suits which resulted in judge K AT I 1 landis flutur the company 29 for violations of the iner state commerce laws spent his boyhood in ln day city mich only going to chicago where he ite has been so successful after his graduation from the university of michigan in 1894 mr air sims is the son of the rev walter sims 1 and find was born in canada where bis his father had a charge when edwin was five years old they moved to detroit going later to west bay city where rev sims founded the west nest side academy here it was that young sims received his education from his father a hands and also in the publico public schools while in school he took up newspaper work and finally landed a job on the old bay city post he lie rapidly mounted and was city editor of that paper when he left to take up the study of law in the university he graduated in 1894 and at once went to chicago j at the end of a week he found a place with an eminent admiralty lawyer I 1 who was glad to get a bright young man in his office the first thing he gava the oung man to do was the preparation of a legal opinion upon the duty of a tug to its tow sims was getting 5 a week tor for his work at the time he carefully pre pared the opinion and took it to his fits chief the old lawyer read it over with care never made a mark on it but took his pen and signed his name at the bottom then sent a bill for to the company from this thought he acted and opened an office tor for himself success smiled on him and he soon had an excellent practice under way he became active in politics he ile was elected president of the ward liepus lican club and secured the appointment as county attorney he ile took the lead enship of a branch of the republican party in cook county and was rewarded with the appointment as district attorney the agitation against the trusts gave him his opportunity and the history he made in handling the standard oil cases against the grea greatest tesi legal in the country has made him a national figure ja I 1 |