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Washington, Sept At to- day., ses-
sion of the Industrial Commission an
animated controversy occurred between
Chairman Phillips, o 4 the com ON mission,
and AR. j.. D. Archibald vice president
of the. Standard oil# Company. Mr..
Archibald avis on ( he stand replying to
statements made3 BygJ s SY.iLee. of the
United States Line. and other I'M depend
ent companies. b tf ~ 80 3 SIS
Referring to Mr.. Lees statement that
the Standard 5companWI had i made adj.
yances to the United Pipe Line Cons
pany with the 3yiey of buying 1t out,
Any approaches In that line have
come from the other side," and he pre-
ceeded to say that such advances had
peen made not only by Lee, but by
others connected with the independent
INES, including MFR. Phillips. Eve
nav nave declined their offers" he said,
because we considered them illegal,
and firm because Of our lack Of faith
IN the men from whom the proposition
came. haying had previous experience
with theniS
did not claim that the propositions were
unta1r. or unjust, but Illegal"
Mr.. Phillips attempted to make a
statement at this point, but was cut off
by the commission on the ground that
ne could at any time take the stand in
his own behalf.
This especial incident closed here Mr..
Archibald several times used the ex-
preston referring to Mr.. Lee, who was
present In the commission ROOM "thc
statement Is false and you know It."
Mr.. Livingston at last objected to the
form of expression.
MIR. Archibald WINS on the stand for
pIn ,i,,,r hi ct, r
! O'Clock.
During this time he replied not only
| to the criticisms made by MIR. Lee, but
also TO those made by, Attorney Cen
eral Monett, of Ohio, Mr.. Westgate. of
Tltusville, and Mr.. Lockwood. OF Ze-
lionple. His language for the, most part
was vigorous. lie characterized many
OF the statements made by~the wit
nesses as untrue. and referred to the
witnesses themselves in anything but
complimentary terms. He said that
Mr.. Lee and Mr.. Phillips, OF the Com
mission. had both confessed that they
were members of trust.
Replying TO Attorney General Monett.
AIR. Archibald expressed the opinion that
his criticism and persecution with bad
grace from an official of State in
which the Standard company was
spending s3,25o,o0o per year in wages
and he characterized his course as
'vindictive." He said the company
was determined to force MIR. Monet to
reveal the whole truth concerning his
allegations that the Company had Of
fercd him a bride Of 100000.
n IN reply to Mr.. Loclswood; Mr. Arch
oa Ia dealt Mt length with the Matthews
ana Rice cases. which Mr.. Lockwood
mad instanced to show, as he claimed.
mat the Standard company controlled
the courts. Mr.. Archibald claimed In
erect that these suits had been brought
70 compel purchase. He asserted that
" the Rice case, Rice had tried TO in
duce him to put his plant, at Marietta.
@. for 100000 when it was not worth
1000. and had agreed to see TINT pro-
secution In certain cases was stopped
IN case the deal should be made, claim
ing he had sufficient influence to ac-
complish this result. lie expressed the
opinion that Rice was employed as an
aGitator by the enemies of the Standard
company. Mr.. Rice was present in the
court-room and 1t is understood will
reply later. 'F