Show CAMPAIGN AGAINST STANDARD ST OIL 1 CD GO s Government Lover Prosecutors Have Decided on Plan of Action rf I INFORMATION FORMATI ON TO BE FI FILED i ED Oil Trust anti Lake Shore Railroad Will he m Charged s. s V Chicago July District G. District Attorney ney Morrison who retires from his present nt office on September pt 1 to become be- be become be he- come special prosecutor of or tho the trusts United States Stales District Attorney Sullivan Sulli Sulu- V va van of or Cleveland Assistant Attorney G General and Assistant District Attorney who ho has been heen seV se- se se selected elected e- e V to conduct the Impending prosecution pro pro- of the Standard Oil com company pan Its stockholders and officers and of- of steere of oC th the Lake Shore railroad tor to- to r day lIn a adopted oJ ted a plan for tor action Within With With- in three days lIars It Is scald said by an official official of of- who speaks pf authoritatively an Information will be he filed flied In ht the Federa Federal Federal Fed Fed- era era- eral court charging the thc two corporations corpora corpora- corporations with receiving nn and granting re rebates re- re bates harts Judge Bethea Dethea has cut short his hiM vacation to I return to tu Chicago to ap approve up- up P- P prove the Information before It is 11 led filed V VV Xo No Indictments J Asked No Indictments will be hc sl because be because be- be cause caule tin tin- Elkina Elkins law makes such of- of of offenses misdemeanors not lIot punishable by hy Imprisonment The Tho ma maximum fine fineis fineis is I. and the minimum 1000 fur 11 l each ach violation John Tolan D D. Rockefeller Rocke feller and the principal officers of the oil oU company will be he made defendants The allegations nr are that by hy memos means of storage charges and discriminative e rut rates the thc Sl Standard Oil company was g given advantages lJ by the railroad which enable it to crush competitors If It Is found the rebates H were given ghen directly with Intent to lo violate the law prosecutions may follow tollow under the Sherman trust anti law la That la law provide provides pro pro- vides vide an Imprisonment of two yours years ears r in Iii addition to the flues fines Any new evl- evl s donee obtained by District Attorney I Sullivan will be he used for further prosecution prose prose- I cution of or the oil company in Chive Cleve land j e V t lest of Humphrey V t o During the coming prosecutions the government IQ will make u lL tl test lest t of Ju Judge ge Humphrey's Humphreys eys ey's construction of the thc Immunity Im Irn 1111 law lea It Is desired II by the President and the Department of or Justice Justice Justice Jus Jus- tice that u a decision be he obtained ob oh- tanned to counteract the tho effect of ur the Humphrey decision Tho rho question Isto Is Isto to be w t tested tented In relation to the prosecution prose prose- cution cuilon o of Lance Lake Shore officers who appeared appeared ap up- before the Cleveland grand Jury |