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Show I AIR AFFAIRS OF I SUGAR COMPANY I Former President of West Cache Company Takes Witness Stand i SALT LAKE. Oct 27. -Affairs of iiho West Cache Surar conipay were Ktven further airing yesterday with rthc rebuttal testimony of John V Hen-dricksnn Hen-dricksnn former president nf -mi pany, in the hearing of the federal -jratle commission rnnipta in' .aiiu' jibe Utah Idaho Sug"ar company, the "Amalgamated Sugar company. Ernest fe. Woolley and others. A large portion of Mr. Hendrlckron'3 "testimony vw.. devoted to an fio offset and contradict evidence given previously by H E. Allen of the Knight Investment company. B Air. Hendrlckxon testified that he KJiad at no tin-..- had any difficulties vith J Will Knight in.l denied that fl JWr. Kriiht li.id i vit nld him IbbBI BCnlght interest cither would Have to firet out or the West Cache company lor siart suit against Mr Hendrlckson H ho only differ, whi. h ppP Mvveen Mr. I I.-ndrlckon and Mr fjv'nu-ht. the former t -.Ufled. was r I - Jfive to the placing of the company's 1 The witness said that on one occa- H telon. following a director' meetlAg H Knight had offered either to sell ppH out to Mi HendrlcKson or to buy him ppP Tout, whereupon. Mr I lendri.-kson said, ppBj ;jie offered to buy out the Knight In- H 5rre8t at per share, and sent a ppPj iheck for $10 oi i. mi) H Bnent, Inabllltv to secure the H JJeiry backing r.-sulted in the ahandan- pppj ynent of the proposal. pPJ I "1 never at any tirae offer. d to sell PPH ut to 1. It He les," Mr Hendrlckson .id PpH T Uoth Herbert ft. MacmlMan, ounsi I PPH fc.r the Amalgamated and for Mr. PPH JVoollcy, :nd Judc. I . X NtraUP. OOUn- PpH ye for the Utah-Idaho, entered vls;br- PPP Sub objections to the testimony of PPJj 'Jdr. Hendrlckson, ih- i i-- linldirit PPB ?but it was without the issues, and 1 suggesting that Mr. 1 ! rii rt- K .- u w.k PPJl testifying to matters t PPJ tnds than those of thr trade conimls-I PPM sion inquiry. Judge Straup held It Ini- . PpVJ proper rebuttal a un effort to Itnpi li h PPJ a government witness on matter.- whol- PPJ J PPJ ' Mr. Hendrlckson said (hat he and PH Lorenzo N. Stohl pud $lf;..o00 for the, PH Jx'nip-bt faetory, $17., 000 in e.ish- $14.-' PPJ 00 for boilers which had to be re- PPJ placed and ?600n as a honus to the PH i "7 nirht Interest for taklncr a l.ond Is- PH I .sue. The total Investment in the com-i PH 1 'pan., was more than $1,000,000. PH I ig Contrary to exoec!atons tho cross- PPJ zomination was limited to the follow- BssfJ $nz: J ; v "Question- Did you have anything to PJ 4rlnk at th" lnni hMin w ith .Mr. PPJ 'Knik'ht LbtJ 1 I "AnKWCI Milk." PH 8 Tn the afternoon the hearing was PPJ ' Conducted behind closed doors, with PPJ 11 hut attornevs and wiini--s.s - PPJ rhi.K-d. while testimony was taken PPJ from Willard R. Smith .-ssistrmt . ash- PPJ i-r of the Zlon's Raving; Bank and PPJ Trust lompany, and V V. Carls, qash- PPJ Of the National Rank of th, R( - PH I Subl1e. Roth hankers testf l ,1 regard - PPJ jni loans made t- their i-istitnlfons to PP the Wf-t iichf Sutar crnpany. H I Argument to exclude thi illmon H was l Mac- PP jmlllan and Jndc Joseph .1 Dunham, PP rommlsjion exai.i.n. r. ru'd Pi favor pH Of the eloped se.-.;iion in ..rd.-r to avoid undue publicity to matters between! banks and a customer |