Show 1 STANDARD OIL Oft f Is TED J Charged With Illegally Receiving Receiving i ing Rebates from Lake LakeI LakeShore 1 i Shore Road I j. j 1 t 1 GRAND JURY AFTER JOHN D. D 4 i if f Strong Effort Will VIIi ii Bo Be Made to Indict d' d fI I Hock Rockefeller Railroad r Men fL j l f t GI lve Testimony rc s i-s r Federal grand granil Chicago Aug S.- S. Thc S. Thc J i- jury this afternoon returned an In lct- lct a against the Standard Oil 1 compan com com- pan pany charging It with illegally receiving recel In log ing a rebate on un storage charges from the thc Lake Shore ShOIe hol Michigan all Southern railroad This is 14 the fil first t Indictment the tho government has hIls secured against J John D D. Rockefellers Rockefeller's great trust and andIs k Is II th the first t step III In what is due to tu J be he e a ahl hl historic prosecution Efforts will now be made malic to Indict Rockefeller person i a ally JI Details of or tho the system by which the r railroad company handles the tIll product of the he Standard Oil company compan were laid before the grand Jury jUlY luring during lh tho day b by two officials of tin the railroad and one government J J. J L L. I. I Clark Clarl general w western stern freight Ight agent anti and C C. A. A local freight agent of or the l ake Shore Michigan i I S Southern and George T. T r Roberts tariff I schedule expert for fOl or th the tho Interstate commerce com com- merce commission were wee th the lie men who l' l testified i Tariff Schedules Identified 1 A Assistant District Attorneys Robert nobert RobertI I I W. W Childs and Elwood G Godman Codman oil man were I. I In Ili of of the charge grand jury jut proceed proceed- ings The They called l Mr Roberts as the first witness s. s A lar largo l' l number of oC tariff schedules of or various railroads handling r- r Standard l Oil business which were CIC t taken kon before the grand gl-antl jur jury at Cleveland Cleveland Cleve Cleve- land were presented to him before the lie J. J jury He He Identified them and explained the methods of or apportioning rates on H r oil ull between Whiting Ind md Chicago and f I St St. Louis Loul His testimony lasted only J minutes Mr loTI on was then f called before th the Inquisitors He lie also r J identified voluminous documents cont concerning con COIl t Corning which he lie testified previously f before the thc Cleveland grand grand' jury He lIe lIek k was also asked concerning the handling handling handy hand hand- y Jl ling g of or oils ills by hy the Lake Shore Michigan Michigan Michi Michi- gan Southern road mad in tile the Chicago f yards ar s J. J J L L. Clark one of the higher olli- olli dais of oC the railroad was vas Ilu questioned extensively COn concerning the entire system SYR- SYR tem tern o of the Lake Shore In handling It Standard Oil products Many of or the lie f questions asked him however ho were in ar to the part of the ar 31 arrangement ar- ar 1 Other Oilier witnesses who were present and l' l ready to lu be bo called were Vice ice Pre i- i lent dent I D. D J. J C Crammer rammer of f the tile Lake Shore M. M C. C Tull Tully auditor o of freight of or the same road and anel R. R HL M. M ton Huddles ton general al auditor for for the I company n |