Show EVIDENCE TAKEN AGAINST THE STA STANDARD OIL CO CC 1 I 1 mr F T cuthburt cuthbert president of the manhattan company I 1 testifies I 1 I 1 findlay ohio oct it II evidence eviden co was brought out by the state today in the trial of the standard oil company of ohio for conspiracy against trade showing the ownership 0 of f the manhattan oil company of ohio to be in the general industrial development company limited of london england also algo that the Man manhattan battan which buys and pipes crude oil does not compete with the standard but does compete with independent com companies tanies these facts were brought out in the testimony of F T cuthbert pres president I 1 of tile the manhattan A similar erl criminal minal action to that on mi trial is pending against his company and lie he te testified stifled under the order of the court which rendered him immune from future criminal prosecution this course was taken at the suggestion of the pro prosecution so cution upon the appeal of mr cuthbert to the court for protection athe the witness had been summoned arid and ordered to bring the books boholm of his coin company piny snowing showing the record ol of stockholders ders meetings the books were pr produced the record of the last las t annual meeting showed that mr cuth bart had been elected president by voting under tinder power of attorney 1469 1459 shares of stock owned by the english holding company that this comprised alg the entire stock of the company N with t ape Q exception of 01 twelve shares of wi ich one each is held by the eit and directors of the company I 1 hoare oare all r residents 1 esi dents of bf lima ohio the ole home of the company mr cuth b hert ert sald said he had beeri been president sin since ce 1905 and he had held the same po power war oc 0 f attorney since that time he knew about the english company hall seen any ono ong connected wah it but had corresponded with J W francis its secretary and with IV W johnston its managing director t whose addresses wore were london ile ho remits money to them mr cuthbert said lie he had been connected with the company about t eight years and prior jo 0 o his election as president had been its controller explaining the nature of the business done by the Alan manhattan hattan mr cuthbert said that before he became became I 1 its president tile the company did a general a ral 0 oil il business that it owned producing properties pipe lines and it a refinery at galatea ohio it had disposed of all but its pipe line to the I 1 ohio oil company but he be did not know I 1 who was now operating the refinery at galatea the manhattan company now does exclusively a pipe line business in doing it it buys the oil of the producer transports it to storage stations and sells it to S p trainor purchasing agent for the standard who also buys oil from joseph joiseph seep treasurer of the buckeye pipe line company in what is known as the south lima field where the manhattan and buckeye pipe lines oath buy oil the price paid to the producer is 5 cents a barrel less than in the north lima field where what are regarded as the independent companies make their purchases asked to explain why this was mr cuthbert said to protect our pipe lines fr from 0 in the encroachment of competitors who are your competitors asked states attorney phelps the national refining company of findlay and the paragon oil company of toledo do you pay 5 cents a barrel more for oil in the north lima field than you receive for it from the trainor purchasing agency t yes nir mr cuthbert then admitted that the profits of his bis company in the north lima lim a field were very small if any prosecutor david asked the witness about the purchases in the indian territory covered by the pipe lines of tho the company he said the sun pipe line company and the indiana pipe line company were competitors in that field but the price there was the regular market price the witness said bald his company bought oil for transportation at the wells of the ohio company and in it doing so did the business with P F S I 1 bates its secretary at oil city pa askil asked if mr bates did not use the telegraph wire of the buckeye pipe line company in doing business with the 1 manhattan mr cuthbert said he did rot know that the telegram from mr bates were on the blanks of the buckeye company in the preliminary skirmish regarding the interpretation of the immunity clause of the dover dever law the court ruled that the witness would have to make specific objection to some questions which he held would tend to criminate him it if he be answers the question which witness objected was where does your company keep its books showing the record of proceedings of tile the last stockholders meeting tho the state had frank C shank deputy I 1 c county auditor of hancock county sworn ile he identified several tax car certificates on file in the auditors office showing that theodore M tolles of 20 26 broadway Bro away nek york as tax agent tor for ahe he Stin standard dara oil company of ohio I 1 I 1 I 1 1 1 t the 1 1 0 B buckeye u C kev pipeline pipe line and the oh ohio to 0 oil i 1 c company 0 m 1 a ny I 1 this testimony was wag objected to fo by a attorneys t t 0 r n e y for the deZ defense ense but was ad by tire court |