Show I SWORD SORD OF INJURED JUSTICE JUSTILE HANuS HAMIS 1 BY THREAD OVER STANDARD OIL t- t tt t Mr Kellogg Again Surprises the Defense by Producing Reci Records Rec Rec- r i olds Further Incriminating and and Branding the Company as Illegal v ADMITS CORPORATION CONTROLS CARS CAllS Official Tabulated Statement Showing the Enormous Profits 1 J. J and ancl Dividends Made by the Oil Leviathan Duri During Dur- Dur i ing a Period of Twenty Years I r xU UP 01 I nn n. oil 4 t I t I I I io 90 1 irn 06 Company DI 11 o 9 S H JIn In J 1521 17 I Continental all Oh l' l t l I 4 Sl Signal I Pipe l t II 5 2 J r r. r O Trait 49 CW HS ns Pipe LInc I ol or 1880 4 t rn 4 url Oil Iowa l Oil oo I OH K P I ino 1721 i I to l Oi 7 f Oil New w unO G I. I OIL OhIo 7 Vacuum Oil ln i Cl H I s New New- York Sept 23 2 Further r In Insight In- In sight Into the remarkable mt thoth sometimes employed cl h by y the Standard f Oil company was reached this morning when ivien in lii th tho continuation of or th hearing hear ing in- before Special f l Examiner Franl Franklin lIn Ton Ton-is In thc tho building Manhattan Man Ian Iani i J hattan Frank D D. Kellogg tho United Stats States deputy attorney general to 0 whom has ha been n a assigned aligned I the tho ta tn k of 1 j breaking up the giant trust ti spread t upon tipon tJi tho rc records certain transactions Involving In in the ht 0 pale a 1 in jn I S1 1891 of or the h Manhattan Oil company compan fI of Ohio N Ii That company was wal tho Independent Pipe Line concern t which wa tva c con con- m- m t trolled by Anthony N N. Brady arid and E. E C. C Ben Benedict antI and which after it Ir its t- t tr zt z r- r t chase by br an English d development vm- vm 7 nia ni- ni lI l- l I a apparently faded altogether from l n cr vigorous prodding nt tu the Iw hand of oC Mr 11 l o h today cIt 11 II ford Tl f fit tr 1 1 0 of the lIu Standard Oil of New Cw Jersey th the punt parent In- In Jn c fed that all nl Z I tW cars car u of the iho Manhattan Oil om iv conay oI 9 r I hud Jp b by tho rd il after m vaIn mJe 11 I C H 11 aJ bout r Li U 7 Ml l h. h i nw Oa Cat m h tc I t UJ tO o lit I Ji t h W 1 H iM fb h to t i IJ TI jo wC C. C 1 4 qu OH ii nit ic Pl Tho lh Peoples People's at company of il Chicago Chi Cht- l Cht-l cago was U at t that controlled l b 1 I and Cl th the mon n wui 1 vt t.-i t. I Ivero vero the till Ilif o fI owner owner- of f Manhattan Man Man- un- un hattan Oil iI t r I lp i to tn the tir lim of t the Ull m the gas gu J- J pan pany hall hail c d lenc d In n getting a nt h supply Of 01 oil ull but it H. H Iau hux never p In that thal re-i re e I sr reet since the thc Independent r nt Oil C company corn com pan pany wax was purchased d h by Iy the 1111 mysterious l 1 11 de company compan with the tho tJan ter of or nil all It Its UN eai Ihl 4 to the LIle Standard Oil company Mr 11 Tilford admitted that he ho himself him hIm- lc self had 11 signed the tho contract on behalf be te- Io- Io r half haIr o of the tho Standard between that company corn com pany pan anti and the ga gai R company compan lie He emphatically em era- m- m denied however howe r. r that ho hI hite- hite that thai the contract wa wac aH one of or the he I considerations of ot till the mysterious sale I to the oil iii company Compan Flits denial netH net net- H tied UNI Mr Kellogg Kellog y g way known to a Clo ss cros' was tri trl-d trl d to shake hak Mr Ir lP testimony but mt butto ut to no n na avail a II Determined to set get t the inside facts spread pread upon th the thc records Mr Kellogg announced at al the close of the mornIng morn- morn ln Jn Ing session that he ht would call Mr Urn fly as a n. n witness rho The morning ning e es el ton ion toda today toda- was wa also alRo A regarded aN as important as developing the probable Standard Oil on com company pan In Inthe Inthe the prosecution Instituted against It by br bythe the government got o nt Jil ford It I II I fin fin-el r. r In cross Mr L' L John G. G Milburn counsel for tor the oil II trust ti ou sought ht to pro PIO l o that the hrat 4 Standard Oil company Is ix a pour poor I abused creature c that It is If charged with jj j Iniquities of if which It U wn wnM fras never Iw guilty mill anti com compelled p to carry y a lead of public V far hen heavier than hati it de do- serves N According to lh tIle tho line of Que questioning followed follo b by Mr Ja Milburn the Standard d Oil dot x not enjoy a ft monopoly mon lana of th the tho oil Industry it does lInts not nul L seek ck to crush competition IJ by liv lowering prices I to a ruinous mark but II h Is rather thell drawn Into the tile rate cutting business b by the Independents who begin j th Ov r cutting of prices to drive the Sin Sta lord leril OH from the field It was vas a u picture that Mr tr M Milburn In III hi his 1 cro eros cross rumination N of lit Mr Mi- drew of th the thc I Sl gIant oIl hURl After Arter gNUn Mr 11 Tilford to I that the stock of ot the tile Standard Ol Oh company was held In nr varying amount bv I. more than persons Mr Mi Milburn Mil Mil- hinn burn tool took UI up the question of the tite il- il I- I Jeg le-ed le d x export port monopoly His Ills question elicited from rom the treasurer treasure that there thore were at Ht least k-ast seven vr Independent nl concerns con eon cerns engaged Jl a In ha the of or oil uti and that th tile the e- e Standard fixed d no price on export oil further ui-tiler titan than to tl stipulate at al l which O figure Its oil should b bt- bt sold ol for in the foreign port to which It was wasCo Co con i E I g detracted de someS some Komo- Later Mr Ir Kellogg S what hn t from 1 the Hie hl force of or this t testimony iv bY 11 tilt the witness to lmH r that thai In Iho case of of nt ot len least t one or of 11 ho 10 companies Independent oil III importing J the Standard lal iteld l ld about ont third one ItH itc It of tock Mock and anti bad tried lo to lon toL c H capital acquire n it controlling I Interest t. t L ni Ih-ni Around I the h. Bu 4 partial refutation of the Ion slon In Induced 11 by th tile lIw testimony t ny Ii FrIdaY 1 tO In the ie effect beor Ix- Ix companies I l lInto teen a In ill lOL to pOI permit lit i ithe Into nn all of oC N r- w Oil the to control contro their export M f rude nil ItI cleL It cle- 1 the OIl th ilic Standard i pg b hy I I L Mi II getting ig 1 IY r thaI time line to that but at al l to M 1 shortage m in lh the t there I r was a crude crudo oil 11 the the of r. r b by the Hie Independents and ana nd t. t w jioN j c that t It was sold solely because because- of this shortage short shot ug age that the amount supplied to lO 11 In was wal out cut down Taking up nl the tho question ques ques- tion Mr 11 Milburn drew from the wilne witness wil- wil ne nets ness s 0 that in lie llio case caso of or th till the Hocky Mountain Oil company an nn j.- j. dependent concern n. it wa was the Mountain and anI not the Standard l lI I be began an the tho cutting Mr dr fal t that In ac m In mo most t other ca canes s 's cie Standard had hat been Ien forced Into cutting prices b by the he Independents Concerning tile h absorption rf rt Scho- Scho ch nel field aler Ii lf an in Indo huh nt oil near eland le II by II the tile Standard r Mr tl testified hi In to Mr 11 questions I that that company hall had been knocking r as n a supplicant at ut the tile Standards Standard's dour lul for foi- several I years elI before Ill tho standard finn nna finally to lower lott-er the tho bats ban s SUCh Huch was 01 tile the Ct case I with mo moi t oth r r r- r 11 dependent en t concerns us admitted rI ro tn the Standard Mr fl solemnly l 1 ti ti tt tied d. d Op Opened Tin ways S 'S and by hy- ch ll TJ P. P fP J o. o 1 q j In i al r n d. d b t Jt J O tt Hohti ti o ot the th hn 1 r 1 e t ir 4 r ds h lio Standard was shown hown to own at tt present cs nt 31 pet per PI cent of the thC Tidewater company stock and b by an agreement j entered into In lit IS S the oil 01 business 11 in was tras divided ed in ill such proportion that lInt the tho tl ilter did tild I 11 1 1 1 4 1 per IWI cent and andt l t tue til t 8 4 3 t per her cent Benson ln t testified that the 1110 hm business of neither r th till the Tidewater wat r Pipe Line company cum com pan pany nor nul th the company the this Tidewater Oil 01 company compan ha had materially material material- I ly y Increased since An All Int Interesting incident of the days day's hearing tearing was the tho unsealing of or tile the ute ites of ol a stockholders stockholders' meeting set Jl in fitus Pa la on till In Jan Jail 15 1 the of Ir which In iii electing was repudiated In a meeting of the managers the next da day In P Philadelphia rite rhe mala managers rK directed that lh tile the existing exist exist- In ing ng of ers remain in control and that thata a i suit be brought to set aside aide the tue action ac ac- ac- ac thou tion lon of or li us 1 e. e Tile The litigation In Inthe Inthe the Pennsylvania courts re resulted In a decision against the TIus lc and amI ordered ll the recO c sealed Mr Mi- J Benson was asked to examine the records and wo see It If un any tock stock had broIl been voted in the m meeting Mr lr Benson Denon Den Ben son on saIl said that 1881 shares hares of or if stock voted t in that nH meeting ing came caine into possession pos ls- session of or a gentleman woo wao th they con con- represented the Standard Standard Id J I Per Pel Cent Mr MI 1 nen Benson on gave c a t testimony to show shott that under existing 17 per percent percent percent cent of the tile oil 01 refined lJ by the tIle Tidewater Tide ride lIte water company was sold to the Standard Standard Stand Stand- ard arl and the thu U remaining 23 per ver cent was 1011 in a n territory in which the Stan Standard Stand Stand- ard ari was wag not Interest interested ll When asked l what disposition was made of or the remaining 5 per Ier cent re refined ye- ye fined for rOI domestic purposes s. s h ho lie said tho tlc Standard secured U 07 per Jr er cent cen of ur it I. I Benjamin Franklin Warren Varien a civil chU engineer el the first w after oCer recess was 01 examined by br Special Attorney General ul of lie le said ho he had hai hal In 1886 located the thc lines lipes lpes of the Tidewater ah I Pipe Line company for UI hi his eis s 's from rom the thc Pennsylvania onla ol oil oilfields 01 fields through h to Cono Cone table Hook Hool X N. J J. th the tho Standards Standard's New York Yoi-Ic terminal He le- le described with wih great detail the securing of or the Che U right of way tray It I being the tho intimation that powerful i hu interests ostensibly I tho the Pennsylvania or 01 subsidiary sub sul- lines but in reality tho the Standard Standard Stand Stand- ard Jl and tried to prevent ont the tile liri lino's linos luot s 's Co construction ii Mr Mi- M Marren Warren arren recalled in the cl election eton of th the corporations corporation's I In New York when hen he lie and aOI a man malt named Alden held forcible possession un I lof of the ollices in HI Broad street I We Ve YI were or ordered e to keep control day daj dayI and night h he lIe all ild when wen asked ed 1 it H I they hod barricaded the offices I TI O PJ OIo I n. n I N Nothing n Will iiI 11 B Me lie Done I c llo e iou Un ru- t III 11 II I itt I EI lIIl I. I New York Yurl Sept 23 The 3 Thie The Standard Oil 01 trust ti run to tu earth b by the tho UnIted Unite Sta tee government gO prosecution pur pur- mr- mr once more to reorganize itself itself itself- should it I have ha enough no gh vitality remainIng remaining remain remain- ing hag to do so lu after the tho United States Slate I government go has finished it Us Its Present suit for cl dissolution It purposes to In Increase increase In in- crease it Its a capital stock to four tour or o n I time Its present n amount It will trill wi sec seek lek to avoid t ohl popular condemnation o on general generl principles h by a policy of or pul pub pub- UI under CI which It will wi issue iSue periodical per per- statements of earnings opet oper- por-I por etc It I intends m in I other wor words word sn s. s n u.- u. aza n a I. I result of or the tho chastening chastenInG process through which it I is now passing pacing to tn para parade e as in at a reformed tru trust l' l and und In Ina a way tray 0 to 10 pIa play fair full in order to tn overt avert averta a n death blow an und and gain an nn opportunity Continued on P. P Page e Three I f i MORE SENSATIONS IN STANDARD OIL TRIAL Continued from Pago Lago o One to demonstrate that thal millions ma may still accrue under tinder the time up date plan of or Pu publicity hi I ci ty For this declaration a representative tLc tive of or a hl holding ln company is author author- it ity The fhe representative said tonight The rho statement that that- thata a conference interests has been of Standard Oil called for for- tho the purpose of ot Changing ilS' ilS tho the nama of or the lie com company puny and lug lus In h ll t 1 9 iT iTin in 1 lC O tom long A P. Be H com pa I IM li U u h T i oJ iI i. i ft I vel that soon oo 1 cnn can sa say 1110 however ns nfl as time the Standard Oil company has hulA freed Itself from th the Ja labyrinth of or litigation HUg now how Involving It It then themi ther will be bo boa bea a l reorganization The capital stock will be he Increased to an amo amount nt more Inore moreIn In lii harmony with the time value of Its as as- ets say U to We Wc also purpose to issue periodical cal al al statements statement of earnings operations t lc We Yo purpose to give tho the r representatives representatives pre es of or the government everything everything every every- thing in the theay way ay of information that it calls for which Is ts all we can do If It we ar are guilty of certain infractions of the law then practically all other othel corporations corporations cor coy are guilty of the time samo same offenses of of- tenses and should be bc treated treated- treated accord accord InI But we are mo confident wo we will win ou out omit Upon the publication of this statement state state- 1 m ment nt Mr 11 Archbold Issued a signed denial dental as follows ColloW's The statement nt issued attributed to toa a representative of the Standard Standard- Oil to the effect that thal the tie company will wilt be reorganized it its c capital increased to etc is unauthorized and andUn Un untrue true I |