Show L LANDIS ANDIS DEALS BLOW I ITo To 10 STANDARD I. I OIL I Assesses Mr c Rockefellers Rockefeller's Great Trust Heaviest Penalty Penally lo foi for An Infraction of oi Law Ever Imposed In I 1 i the Hie History of the World COMPARES R DEFENDANTS TO MEANEST THIEVES i t Delivery of Exhaustive Opinion Interrupted by Applause from Crowds l In Courtroom and lind Older t 1 y I Maintained With Great Difficulty Chicago Aug Jud c Konc n nr t II 11 f ef the thc district court S today r l tIn the C O OU 01 S 2 9 non for CUI os ha P violated 11 in thc F Iii Uk-Iii Jaw aw a pertaining 0 o rebates 01 oi 01 J 6 62 count II It was was the maximum l l by the statutes f I It Is 11 the C largest t us for CUI ai an V of thc the Jaw that lint Is recorded r In Iii all al history for or all aJ governments JO Crl I en tI t il It I was vas i a I dramatic morning Ji lii II court What hat JUdA Judge I andis Jim had to toJo s say 4 Jo tu to John Juhn D D. trust rust trus Will wll HI r- r live o J as one ule of or the tho most sensational 1 utterances coming from tom the bench 21 t Twice Ju Judge Jc was I ap-I au cl But ho lie hailed halted the lie 5 self elf rapping on ott 01 the lie wooden r Ile desk k in iii front of uC him with wih his bare hare knuckles t. t l and ld t. t I Backed by tl the cohesive forces of I. I the States 0 Slate authorities Judge Jut e r Landis will iII Chicago Chi Chi- wil proceed jn against the lie cago Alton AHon the ho Chicago Eastern E Illinois and the thc Chicago Terminal 2 p Railroad companies that hat gave e to 0 air I Ir k v Rockefellers Rockefeller's oil 01 trust Illegal re rebates tI II Arid And Al l ho imo will wi attack the thc individuals of oC both holl tho time oil 01 and arid the lie railroad corpora corpora- corporation J 1 ton tion Instituting ald 1111 permitting such preferential prefer The Tho railroads arc aro lo to 11 bo ho o Indicted on lw Identical with wih J tho timo procedure In the Standard Oil 01 t i ass ases Tho Individuals will H be beK o cLued under tinder tho the act which K conspiracy y iV t conviction con Is prescribed m c 0 s sentence Thus Thu John D IX Rockefeller William Her John I D D. II 11 1 U II UJ I J J. A. A t. t Molet and other oilier o of- of ot oC time th Standard OH Oi company tt n. n l fIght r lg t 4 rl it auditors Lt und other othI I 1 f CIc Alton und the Clil- Clil 1 I EO pattern H F iol n Railroad lhOR corl- corl corn coni- t W F m tl cH t ot ut l I placing on t Hll r o n clothing o su J t nr II I non fron bars ubi nt iTu frI to I i find n on io lii 1 L shame me and 11 i Iaco f. f t- t i. i Jul Judge o LandIs had iati hat concluded r t tho ho reading of o hIs Ills written opinion I I I affecting tho Standard OH Oil company o ot I fr 01 i Indiana the indicted c concern during the HU litigation of or which the entire cum com I J q has lias been Interested be lie 1 turned lo to Di Attorney Sims andi and i directed that a panel hand ot or sixty men Tho appear ur before him August 14 H body will willbe p- p duties of this inquisitorial ui ludy tho offending be lo to look after roads louds and the Individuals L. L L s 's In lii a u Ian Pm li If The rime le announcement threw the time it- it I al-I ity y s 's for fOI Mr ll Rockefeller no lef ler almost in in T. T d S panic pan Thero were wen present Chauncey Chaunce 1 W. W Martyn Marln Robert W. W Stewart and an f f Merrill Starr Stan a associates of A. A D. D Ed Eddy y counsel for Cor the Stand Stand- r i t general Western e 1 aril attl Hc Oil OIl John S. S Miller and Mr dr Ell Eddy f are aru In lu Europe an and J Rosenthal In time the East All of vacation Is on a n Eat Al them havo have been leen a asked led to comic come home 1 after the dec dc- dc e- e at once otice In a 3 moment c- c v the news wins was Wa telegraphed to Mr III Rockefeller at his home near I Cleveland Cle J. J A A. A president of uC f tho ho Indiana hid in na company coin now in III New ew l York th k immediately gave Ja e out an Interview Inter Inter- I view In which he criticized the courts court's i 1 action and strenuously defended time the his hisH commercial course courso pursue pursued by hy H r company l j District Attorney Sims nail and his as- as 38 iV t. t James II U Wilkinson on were l at the time courts court's action J 4 highly gratified J Jr I Judge Julge Landis ls had nothing In to say sayA ty A u J Judge I began begali to give l I sledge r. r hammer blows to tho time Standard Oil 01 J 3 1 trust from rota the time moment he Ito h took toul his I teat seat on 01 time the bench No such language ivas ivits I eer Il l before I incorporated In le 1 into I ju- ju I W as he lie le shot s straight ral IH V p at ut tile th hl association a world Of their in Iii nil all the of ur men c al salt said that the maker of oft methods liv li li salL i- i coin cuin an and I pilfering of or acts cl l s from Crom time the t IH mails W were scie IC 8 moneys t f mOle Is t violent to society than those systems exercised ed b by the commercialism of Ir He Tie said r t Standard Oil Te tal if v Il i Men nc I I I In InS n. deliberately yin vio- viI r S m The j men who AVIO thus thug the law lav t e. e lute this thiR law does docs r than titan moro moore deeply k 1 wound he IRS who counterfeits J oln or steals steal 10 lie malls the from Crom the time objections o oC oCt reviewed Tho court L lie He read ral forms counsel cl In their many man mall real n cl a IL slow t pu es wih r from hiI bis t typewritten pc from and hit d no cli hl U voIce rising j and ant Jt sull effect us as his with dramatic falling wih declarations were ut ul- Ost I Important t rl until hud representatives Wall fl strict ct men thero to take ad- ad al- al pres l. l itt They I he decision b by the effect It Ity I II bf tho the y fi If stocks tocks These repreSentatives r on oil would hav ha 01 entrance to th time time tho sat st might ht git tl away thc they that court ruo extent of lie hue nie wa L I j time the reserved tho was r 01 I last of Judge th lie very until men un 1 J a Cush Io the tho doors leding tried to get el same moment lie at tame time the court tu to tim confusion oxa character char char- he knew tit th r I probablY Judge business le f those thOse making making act acter i r Ot oC tho directed tint that time the immar- immar lie the le er I 1 pre o which the rite offenses f for r were fo tor or ort Oil company wu wa was indr lad ind Ind 01 of oil 0 ruin r rate than t East St bt jouis ul at a lower or ur t tOc tO lO lOthe lo tu tho public to either t commission lon the tle InterState u. u i time Standard Oi Oil c H it was W nS S Proved pro prot t that of siX JC th I u by In thu rule rula U at tine tue is n more cart cars tt C stand tand The penalty Thc fhe ta times tho could with lh 2111 10 In mm th the Oil OI 01 p CI no railroad II a build buld and equiP uP a track yEast y- y ant it 1 Louis ft at atT is 1 to Ee East t St. St LuIs from will have to teal tel than time thO It wi less T I q in Iii II the lie event en e t Judge J ILo L decision i is upheld And attorneys s 's t siy ay there Is little doubt built of If that lint that t Starr Slur counsel I for l' l ti time the St SUm Stand Standard ard aini all OH 01 lJ company y made time the usual formal for tom mal lut lo tu the lie decision They rimey vero elo overruled eLi When len as ha later Cr If his client t would all appeal eal directly 11 ct to the lie Supreme court t or If it the thc United hulLed States Sl court of appeal ap zip- penis peal would review this most OI Unal Jud judicial I lintin finding di mig mig- 11 T Ir r. r Stair said the lie counsel hind had not yet yel et decided tin tin- fie coin to be bc pursued That flint would h bo IC d when w hi A Attorneys t toni Sillier ti I I her Eddy and tnt no Mean Mean- time lime sixty days tar arc given to prepare a x bill bi of or r exceptions If I the ease case calc ioe to o the thc court t of oC appeals a a ruling by I th list Judicial lod body should be ue elder rendered d b by January next next If Judge Juie Landis l 1 Is su sims sims- l- l of course U It I Is I c expected Ihal Hi ho tho Standard Oil 01 will wi u ask k that lint the llio S SI renn court at it Washington ahll ton pass pl S ho lie of the thc laws ut amid this Ills should be he reached leached according t m to District Attorney 1 Sims Shims iS t by time tho tie Ode Oclo Pier be term tenn cn mOi months hence One phase of the lie contention ruh raised ll b by thc Limo Standard Oil 01 was briefly though Caustically d upon by Py I Jud Judge I Jl it l had Jt been said I by my or Ol time the company com pan that thin I. I time the til Lotion I T the States Slates Rives gives cs an aim 1 Ight to lo make to la secret 1 S with reference to railroad d mutes Lan Liin r I Id this Is ls saId Candor obliges oLIc thiv tl court to say that Jt It I vs kno S IO i IP to support I It I L but lut the time I eminence of oC the lie counsel who ii ns lit It I A more mole abhorrent could not lot well w h he c conceived nl oed Ono One might intent 1 ns ts well wel 1 1 lie tho rl rig lit ht to a I bourot n ment with collector I O or n p c r ii ly t Jr Gu t I cm t 1411 11 duty duli ut or 01 n t J J l prop crt ert 1 h k t X Ing tho r i of Or tJ I h n h J tp ell n ily the tite then n b 11 ul Jl r a iLs J m L 11 1 tUy uV at it IW tiiu IIi tl L glared at al hlll lipi III after ho tiC had tl J. J SentenCe cn c 1 Hc for or time thc occasion he lie let drive l at al the highest l paid attorney Hey ney lie In lii time till ailed l l States in lii a manner t tI I cn creating a Nen sensation allon Nor or did I Landis let the time Incident close close- Ho lie re rc- rc erred lo ti-i it today todO After Arter Quoting from ruin Mr Miller Milter 1111 l' l Jud Judge o Landis said o shut Shot on Oil iii Mob t Oh Agitation Waiving ln th time the of or th the studied insolence of or tills this language Insofar as II it y nuy bo be aimed at al the present occupant of the bench the time court can of course only lea e e C lo to the time discretion of the lie Standard Standard Stand Stand- ard ani Oil company time llio wisdom and pr pro prO- of a corporation gratuitously I Inaugurating about th lh mob Then lh time the crowded court room broke But Dul it Il was wits forth in lii a lound of applause quickly stifled And hd soon through the lie exhaustive live opinion the time court cO proceeded flaying crushing stinging slinging New w and im- im I en the tho Interpretations lations were given acts re Interstate commerce Ha If H Ifa Ifa a railroad howe cr short Its Us line ma nay may be hauls goods shipped Irvin from another state tate it il came under Interstate commerce law liven ell though a railroad sLam stalls ts and ends In a lu c county yet cl If It hauls receIved by bT It 11 that has hatS n mom rom another road and find that thai r road ad received receded lt It is consignment from roam another stale state Is Isis is 18 nevertheless ne subject to Interstate reS' reS lallon As Judge Interprets In the lie acts uc of whenever when when- congress an offense Is complete at nt less lc Is transported ever vcr an any property pi than nan the tho lawful rate i and amid If this be true tic law lass la Is violated every VC time lIm Oil oily prop prop- will be le remembered re rc It crt erty Is so o transported that Attorney y Miller contell contended ed that even en If H the time Standard Oil company compan lad had trum cd the statutes but hut one omme could be found foun Wily Killed ti limo llio Maximum IH Judge c hand Landis Is gave VC eloquent rea reasons o m. m wh why hy In- In lined the llie lie Standard Oil company compan authorized In lii his hits hf tim fullest lest amount pinion opinion It II was waif not a n virgin ln crime that leoto leu leo leuto to o conviction Repeated a assaults h ha fj of the com com- ma made o upon lh time the Integrity immunity lb Ho said on omm this point thai motive of th this Hit where helo tho ho only possible crime rime is the time enhancement of oC dividends and nd the lie only punishment authorized Is a aUne exercised bybe by ly lythe be line Une inc gr 1 caution ca must time the be court le lest lent l the of a One tIne of oC i. i smalL mall amount encourage ito Iho defendant to o future violations by hy esteeming lI time thc pen rica penalty alLy alty In iii time the nature mature of or a Anti And then thell It II named the time sum Mum Il It Wall vas not iol news to lo The Time Republican Rell readers lOT foi OT thIs his newspaper printed Saturday he the fact that the time court would Impose the time extreme penalty prescribed b by law li ii has done solime so lime Tho decision hen gIven today toda md ond tho time one une that will viii go So down in history for or all nil time lime timeo It Il la Is learned to o come COllie was wai prepared so wholly by the tho judge himself himself- No ode except hw illS stenographer r saw the time docu- docu meat until after aCter It hind had become a part not submitted sub sub- of tho time court record It was wag Indeed District to tu u ashington ton In Sims a u confidante of Judge Attorney of oC have ha an un Landis did not at al the Lie document until it had h been cn ream read lie did not noi lolI previously I I know now much time thc nile line would be Le nor tier the thc In Interpretations In- In how that would h be given ell t to the tho ho law nut But when he lie heard It It Mr 11 Sims Slats was Otto one of the tIme happiest t of menTh men district attorney assisted by James Tho Thu special counsel for or the tho hm H. H II 11 on has ever sInce time the Indictments IlI w were rc the tho case caso neither weeks For Fol for Cor u. u year car ago abu asked home for COl dinner and und seldom left lert went federal building until re returning returning re- re turning the titer then at 8 tI o'clock In tn the morning Oil company of oC J Indiana Standard The Thc has hns capital corporation lon lined toda today a 11 time the of C only It possesses no stock lock and few oil wells voils Thus ThuR cars care lines lIlies tank Lank of oC this character the Physical bo Io property properly to 10 satisfy the not lot would I C Continued I on oil Page Pa- Fl The e f fJ J S j I LANDIS DEALS STAGGERING I i BLOW TO STANDARD OIL Continued Continual from Page One go governments government's claim If final jurisdiction sustains Judge Landis But at Whiting Ind the tho refinery refiner for the Standard Oil on company of or the W west j st probably the largest larg larJ- largest est of Its kind in the world Is owned and operated by the Standard Oil compan company com com- company pan pany of or Indiana It was related in court that the Whiting Ind plant was worth more than The government o in executing Its warrant warrant war rant could affect final jur jurisdiction levy upon this plant and offer It for sale to the h highest binder blader But Hut government at attorn attorneys attorneys at- at torn s 's In Chicago discussing this feature of the pro prosecution sa say that the they are satisfied that the Standard Oil company of In Indiana lana directed b by the Standard Oil company compan of or New Jerse Jersey would satisfy the judgment within a week after the order order was Issued |