| Show i r a I r put F t r r Process e eg g g Y ii ls Loans by a s i J y Co o ot oIS Vs t IS ACTIVE it j TRUST TRU T OFFICIAL L In ncr iy to t Request t to Furnish h List of from 1882 to f 1800 Said Consult Coni Counsel Now York Dec 1 Seeking to tu un unravel unravel ravel the puzzling ownership of ot the th Security Oil company of Texas and other oil companies which the thc charges are controlled by b tho Standard Oil Company Compan Frank IT 13 Kel Kol logg federal counsel in tho United States suit sull to dissolve the tho trust subjected John D Archbold to ton toIl n Il grilling today Mr Kellogg also sought Information re regarding garding c m s loans of 2 to II James by tho company com pan a Stan dard but Mr 11 Archbold u II director of the com company compan pan pany was unable to throw any uny light on Oil the thc question For over a 11 year car tho governments counsel has been trying to obtain In formation regarding these MacDonald loans Joans but has failed The Tho government alleged that the tho loans were made to enable tho hO Standard to secretly pur PUl purchase chase jho Manhattan company com pliny of nf Ohio Mr 11 Archbold Ar said that he and H H Rogers resigned as directors of tho company shortly sh aWn after the election 0 tt year car ago afO The Tho of Standard denied that the resignations were brought about by hy tho present government proceed proceedings ings jn s Mr 11 Archbold was closely questioned about many pipe lines 11 nIl and refineries which had boon been purchased by the thc Stan Standard Standard dard He Ire denied that the thc refineries had been bought bou ht that they th y might bo dismantled thereby removing competition tion They were wele secured Mr 1111 Archbold wild to succeed to their volume of business ACTIVE OFFICIAL When asked if he ho was a n leading of official of the tho Standard Mr Archbold Bald uld he was active Mr 1111 Archbold said ho had heard of tho Manhattan n Oil company oJ 0 Ohio that ho he knew little of it Objection was waw made by b counsel for forthe the thO defense as to this line lino of cross cros examination The Thc witness said the company was a rt competitor of the Iho Stan Standard dard dald Dot Do you know anything about the tho General Industrial Development syndi syndicate cate limited of London asked Mr f Kellogg 1 have heard of it since f these hear har hearings ings began beganIs bc an anIs Is It controlled directly or 01 indi indirectly by hy the Standard Not to my knowledge f Dont you ou know tho General In Industrial Syndicate purchased tho Man Manhattan hattan OH company No I do not Mr MI Archbold was asked If it was not nol true truo that thc tho Standard Sta da hall had purchased the thc refineries and pipe pi po lines of the Manhattan from tho London The Tho witness sald ho understood that tho th purchase was made mude I Archbold said that Anthony Brady I hlin tHat lie nc purposed put selling the thc Manhattan company and wanted to obtain a 11 contract for tor oil on supply for tor forthe the Peoples P Gas Light and Coke com company pany of Chicago A contract was en cn entered Into Mr Archbold said but ho did not know the terms of the tho con contract 0 tract Dont you ou know that Mr 1 Brady tes testified f titled a year ago 1110 that that contract it was n worth to the tho Peoples 31 Gas Light and Coke company I 1 do not know J Mr I Archbold said It nad not been suggested to him that one of tho con conditions condition of the tho sao sale of the Manhattan n wan WIlH the contract given to Iho Peoples Gas company Tho witness said that for many years James MacDonald was manager In III England of ot tho Anglo American company and severed his connection three or four years ago Mr 11 attention was called to the loans t of f 2 which the tho company had made to Mr 1 MacDonald but ho hald ho knew nothing of them About this time the tho General In Industrial Industrial company bought the Manhat Manhattan tan OH company Was the tho MacDonald loan Joan for that purpose I dont know said Mr JIll Archbold you ou produce thc tho London books of ot the London com company com company pany HE lIE IS SCRUPULOUS I 1 dont think I T have tho power I Iam Iam am not a 3 director now nowA nowA A list furnished by b your company shows that yon were elected a director of ot the tho Anglo in Juno June 1907 I I resigned shortly that Did DItl you resign as a result of this 1 I not say ay I did Mr Archbold was asked to a list of directors of the Anglo company compan at this Mr Archbold said that Mr 11 Rogers and himself resigned from the Anglo company that men moro more directly con connected with the tho company could take places Tho rho witness said he ho was Ill not sure sute that Mr JIll Tea lo resigned Tho attention of Mr Ill Archbold was WiS called to the evidence of ot Mr Brady who testified that assets worth 1300 00 welo paid for fol the tho contract for fot the Standard Mr 1 Archbold said ho hc had har ilo no recollection that the tho General Indus Industrial trial company had anything an to do with the contract Tho witness said he could not explain tho loan to Mr JIll Mac MacDonald fa Donald and had not Investigated it Why Wh you ou investigate It ItI ItI I did not feel called upon to do so Will you try hoy to find out about the loan If counsel so advises Mr Archbold Interrogated about the tho Indiana Pipe PI pc Lino and Refining com company compan pan pany said he was under the thc impression Impression sion that the Standard purchased it Who was behind the company The of Chicago I be believe lieve Mr Archbold said he understood the Corsicana Refining company had been built with the Standards money He was not aware that the money furnish furnished ed for tOI the tho compan only ani ap appeared on the Standards books bools as a aloan aloan loan to Folger Payne How Is It held now Folger Foser Payne Pa ne are paying for ft it Tho fhe vexatious conditions In Texas made madeus us want to get rid of It Will you ou produce the thc English books of the company I dont bellevo I 1 have the right Mr Archbold said ald that under ad advice vice vico of or counsel the tho legal ownership of nf the Oil company was held by C M 11 Pratt and M JI M 1 Vanburen Mr Mr Kellogg called the attention of the witness to the testimony that the tha company was an Inde Independent pendent concern Mr MI Archbold told of the Standards business relations with the thc Tidewater Pipe Line company compan When the tho Stand Standard ard obtained possession pos of 31 per cent of the tho Tidewater stock It took over at the tho sea seaboard se ral small board GATHERING UP POLICY Our purpose Is securing these Inde Independents was to succeed to their vol uma of business added Mr 11 Archbold who told ot the construction of the tre cent line and aud the United States pipe line Tho witness said the tho stuck wan bought In the thc United States pipe line for C r an investment and to tu know what asked tho was going on Mr Kellogg witness If after the thc Standard hod pur chafed d 35 par pOl cent of the stock of tl United pipe line the thc other othol stockholders of the tho United States s line Une hu placed their stock in trust Mr 1 Archbold ld said ho he understood that was waStI tI te You testified before tho industrial commission that the United States Lino company compan was a trust Yes Yos It Is a pun unadulterated re restrictive tru replied the witness Restrictive of the thc Standard said Mr III Mr Archbold was questioned about the purchase e of the Globe Refining company and Western rn Pipe Line com company compan pany pan Other pipe lines which taken by tho were sub je ls of nl by b the federal counsel Mr 11 Archbold said there thore were several everal pipe lines which the tho Standard did not own RELATIONS n WITH I I RAILROADS The witness said sald that the Standards pipe lines line frequently fr occupied the tho way r railroads qs which h ch werI ald for forThe I paThe The vice vicc president nt of dard dardI I c raid thai refineries erl s which Wh Chui pur ur d were le not n t d but b tl ru Ia ruther ther taken tal n down available a parts c consolidated with tho larger g gor of or the thc Standard St nd ld Mr MI Kellogg loll gi wanted to know ft I It was wa h not fact that toe tho Republic Oil company was t ii organized by b clerks In hi Inthe hithe the Standards find and that for fOI n a long Its real rca ownership was not made known Mr Ill Archbold said lie he heIl Il knew no nothing of It Mr Kellogg asked witness to 10 produce a list of nil com companies coni which hall had been acquired cc by bytha bythe the tha Standard from fl n 18 to 1899 Mr 11 Archbold said ho he would consult C with the thu request sl said ho wa one of f tho of the Acme Oil com curit plin York which he said was held r a common Ol mo 1 ownership with a 1 under und tho domina domination domination tion oCi the Standard Adjournment l t was aH wilen until tomor tomorrow row m when hn Mr MI Archbold will be fur further ther cr 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