Show standard oil manager told to gather in national trade kansas city mo july 13 the ing of rebates as common practice to secure business was brought out today in the testimony ot A G spires of marietta ohio traveling salesman for the pennsylvania refining company of oil city pa who was a witness at the hearing in the states suit to oust the standard oil company the republic oil company and the wa pierce company from the state of missouri mr spires said he came to kansas city in june as assistant manager tor the republic oil company he found the standard and the national the only companies here he said lie had charge of the tank business for the republic the lubricating oil department and handled gasoline and kerosene from grocers he was ho said instructed ted to set after the nationals consumers con umers henry teagle the manager mr spires said told him to get certain of tho nationals customers and if necessary pay a rebate of one halt cent a gallon these rebates paid in cash to customers he said he never tried to get trade from the standards customers the rebate applied only to the nationals trade mr spires said he was told by mr teagle to say to customers that tho republica Re publia oil company was an independent concern did you ever during your whole employment inquired attorney general hadley offer any rebate or any inducement to customers to take their trade from tho standard oil company no sir never where did you get the information regarding prices to charge for oil irom the standard oil company always aher you yolar jalcs to ay that the com pany was an independent company handling pennsylvania goods that it had no connection with the standard oil company and was out of the business mr spires said that when he was manager at st joseph for the lie oil company he once had too much oil on hand and he wired kansas alty for instructions he was ordered he said to transfer the oil to the standard oil company and did so he sometimes used the standards horses there was no competition in st joseph or kansas city between the republic and the standard MASONIC INSURANCE SUIT stockholders object to transfer of Socie tys assets council bluffs la july 13 suit was started here today oa behalf ot 2500 stockholders in the national masonic accident association which formerly had headquarters at acs moines to set aside as fraudulent the sale and transfer of the assets of association last february to the north american accident insurance company of chicago the action Is brought in the name of li W nichols of chicago former president of the national masonic association and several local stockholders the defendants are alfred H C alverson and other large stockholders who were also officers of the association together with state auditor B F carrol and attorney general C W mullan of iowa and the north american company it is asserted in the petition that the defendant officers of the masonic association turned over of cash and securities to the chicago company without notice to the stockholders who are scattered over iowa illinois nebraska and minnesota the petition prays that the assets be ordered turned back and a receiver named or the national masonic association FRANCO AMERICAN FINANCE paris july 13 the franco ameri can financial association was formally incorporated hero today with a capital of the chief founders are the banbus DeLUn lon Pari senne and speyer co of new york the board of directors elected frederick mallet a leading figure in finance to be president of the new association and james speyer vice president the directors include representatives of co do and other leading paris banks and also adrian laella gordon macdonald and norman B ream of new york |