Show I i i I I PIERCE GAINS CONTROL nu Buys Rockefeller In on Oil 01 Company St St. Louis Mo 10 Feb 1 John 1 John I-John John D D. Rockefeller and und other Standard Oil 01 Ini interests In- In nave Ilave sold their stock in the Waters Pierce PIerce Oil 01 company to Henry Henr HenryClay henryClay CIa Clay Pierce Announcement of ot the sal sale was sas made macIc b by the co company late today The Standard Oil 01 Interests tried last last February to oust Pierce and his relatives rela rela- tives from the directorate and a long long litigation resulted Pierce charged the te Standard people were trying to perpetuate per per- a n monopoly In spite of ot the dissolution dissolution dis dIs- solution decree of ot the federal supreme court Tho The Standard interests charged Pierce with mismanagement nn and with making the com company pan a family affair It I is estimated that the the transaction Involved the po payment ment to Stan Standard ard Oil 01 interests of or about 0 |