Show r STANDARD OIL COMPANY MAY I HAVE TO PAY Federal Grand Jury Returns Ten Indictments Containing Separate Counts for Receiving Rebates Rebates Max Max Maximum Fine on Each Count S NO AUTHORITY FOR ARRESTING OFFICIALS r r. I Charge of Creating re ting a Monopoly Is Also U Under Consideration by District Attorneys Attorney's Office and Will Be Taken Later Special Counsel M Up by J Ic t Chicago Au Aug 27 Complete 7 InS In Information In- In S formation regarding the ten Indictments Indict Indict- I ments ts returned a against the Standard I Oil company compan today loday toda by the Iho S grand rand Jury In Judge Bethea's court courtis 5 I is contained In a report given gi out late latet lateS t S this afternoon b by tho the district attorneys attorney's S ney's office The Tho maximum line flue which may he be Impo imposed ed upon ulon the Standard Oil company compan should it be found g guilty llly upS upon upon up up- S fl on all counts would amount to I I Following Is the statement from the district attorneys attorney's office Chicago o. o Ill III Au Aug 27 1906 Statement showing showing- concessions re received re- re ClI by hy the Standard Oil company during the last three years as charged char e 2 S r in the thc ton ten Indictments this day ar presented pre pre- r i In tho the United States Stales District court for or the Iho Western district of Illinois Illi 1111 l- l 5 nois Hols by two rand gand Juries one drawn r. r 5 from the thc district as it stood before the act of March 3 1901 1905 changing Its Ils boundaries and the other drawn from tho the district as it has stood since that thai date dale 5 Euch Count Separate Offense Ea h of tim Iho G. G 8 counts counis In these I I. L ten indictments covers a of of- S and is based on a tank tanI ea car carr S r shipment averaging about twenty twenty- five tho tons of ot petroleum petro products pc per pcr car o of refined oil gas oil petroleum lubricating iii il naphtha or fuel oil oU all nl nil from the Whiting refineries C C. B. B Q shipments shipments- Jast St Sl Louis 44 S tJ Is 1 r 1 t 0 I h 1 IOU 5 n tl r o 01 if J il C 0 E. E I I. I 13 LI T. T H. H l Illinois g C Central til l und and Southern Railway Rail HaH way wayA Way Way- A small l part o of shipments to points In the South beyond Grand l Junction 10 C. C E E. I and E. E T. T H. H H.- H. Shipments to lo Evansville and beyond 1915 L. L S. S M M. S. S S.- S. S Storage charges In part palt 2 29 I. I Total number o of counts 8 5 Seti Secret ct Unpublished Rate The Tue Chicago Burlington cy railway wa and the tho Chicago Alton had published lawful rates 5 of ot 18 cents per Iler pounds to lo last East St Sl Louis ri and 19 J cents to lo St. St Louis but C carS car car- r- r S lied oil for Cor the Standard Oil company or a secret unpublished rate at C G Cand S and 7 J 1 cents lo to those points respect respect- r. r he ively Irely On shipments to points In the thc South beyond berone Grand Grain Jun Junction lIon the Standard Oil company should have for fOI the paid aid the different lawful rates different points of destination but hut was wa ri cn concessions which averaged a about 27 2716 per pei cent of or the published J I Kite ate ite The same I IK IS true of the tue ship ship- to lo Evansville and beyond The concessions lons given Iven to the Stan Standard ard Oil company h by the tho LakeShore Lake Shore Michigan Southern Railway company compan were in the shape of can cnn c ct o of stora storage e charges at Chicago Chi Chi- cago JO of ot G 5 j cents per jer ton per day lay on oil delayed in delivery Other ol oil shippers were compelled to pay the storage charges es I One J Indictment These Indictments mal make e practically practical practical- ly l. one Indictment charging I 6 8 of offenses offenses offenses of- of anti ant form torm without doubt the th most must voluminous Indictment ever e presented pro pre to lo any court The fixed by the Elkins law for Cor each offense of- of of this tIis character Is a line lino of ot not I ss l-ss ss than 1000 and not more than thun Indictments were recently found against the Standard Oil corn com puny on the Iho ElkIns law Jaw at James James- toun n N. N Y containing counts Incase In Incase Incase case of convictions b by a petit Jury the Hit judge before whom the case Is I tried lias las the fixing of or tho the amount o of the thc theline fine line in each ach case between these lim him limIts limits its and his judgment on this point is POt not open to correction b by an any higher court court It Is expected that the Iho attorneys for or ortho Iho tho Standard Oil com company pan will vilI enter the lie appearance of tho the company in ourt as soon as they have examined he Indictments J If tit this Iii Is not done doneho doneho ho United States attorney will take lake t tho liC id of 01 the m g tt i-cl i r no luth minority of or law at 1 present for or art arresting arrest arrest- lilt ing any o of the o of a corpora- corpora Lion ion when it Is indicted Procedure l to He lie Followed cli It would seem that the proper proceeding pro pro- is to I Issue uc a summons anti and h have ve the United Fatted States marshal servo 1 on the officers of the corporation an and in case they do O not cause the appearance of the corporation to lo bo ho entered in court to take talie a default atthe at atthe atthe the next term o of court and ask for tor judgment for fOl the tho full amount of all al allo o of the thc penalties and for or a writ ol of I execution authorizing authorizing- the United Slates marshal to levy y on the property property prop prop- erty Ity of the thc corporation and tell sell ell it to satisfy Iho thu Judgment District Attorney Morrison made tho the t statement t that the tho charges of creating a n monopoly were also under consideration consideration consid consid- oration by th the district attorneys attorney's ollIee This subject he lie declared declare would woul later h be he taken laken up h by himself end and Frank B. B Kellogg special counsel counselor for or the government |