New-York tribune., 1905-11-24
VuL, CALL ROCKEFELLER
or, SECRETS ON TAP.
M Take Testimony Here IN Missouri
S,its Against STANDARD Company.

a special arrangement between the two
.os the taking Of testimony in the suits
St+ ny Missouri against the Standard Oil
or,,- oroOs-. the waters-Pierce Oil Company and
- small concerns will be carried in this
1obn .. Rockefeller, H. H. Rogers. Henry
y rqaeier and a dozen other Standard Oil
s,;o1s = viii 54 put on The stand.
Gu u-.noanaes were issued yesterday by Justice
--.Nuarald on a petition from Missouri. for the
astng directors and officials: John D. Rookie
- Henry NJ Flagier. John D. Archbold.
-, n. Rogers. Wade Hampton. Walter C.
I,.,s -, lanes \ Moffett. W. P. Cowan. George
! wilson James r. Taylor. Charles l. Mich
?. rdu,ard T. Bedford. Walter Jennings Wes-
os Tilford. Charles NJ Pratt, Frank Q.
E.-s+ov- =, II. Clay Pierce. Silas II. Paine, Rich
rrnelev Robert II. McNall and Howard
Page .,.+oz
zo-;,l, II Sanborn a special commissioner
- the testimony. Herbert S. Hadley, At
-, - General of Missouri, and Henry Woll-
- of No. II Broadway, in whose offices the
saorings will be held, VIII prosecute the cases.
= is likely that ex-Judge Samuel Priest, OF
q Louis. and Frank Hageman, of Kansas City.
.rho have appeared in the suits in the Missouri
-+s will represent the Standard Oil Company
here with Mortimer f. Elliott and others.
The hearings will be conducted after the
s.sbion of ? refereeship Mr.. Sanborn. as COM
missioner. will not rule on objections and ex-
osn,ions taken by the various lawyers until all
testimony has been heard. Then he viii decide
whether the testimony objected TO should be
ruled out
If a witness should refuse TO testify, it would
he necessary to go to the Missouri courts for
on order which would be transmitted through
NeAV-YQrk
The first hearing Will he held December 4 and
The possibility Of seeing John d. Rockefeller on
,le witness Stand-a position he has not oc-
cupied in several years-is likely 10 attract a
large attendance. ,.
There are Two suits pending in the missouri
courts ROW against the Standard OH Company
one in The Supreme Court, is an action TO bar
the Standard Oil Company of Indiana-that
branch which does the business west of the
OHIO Riuer-the Waters-Pierce Oil Company and
the Republic Oil Company from doing business
in Missouri.
was entered into between the Standard and the
waters Pierce concerns, whereby they divided
Missouri between them, and worked so enec-
tivelv that they controlled about 80 per cent or
The business of the State. The Standard, it was
alleged according to the agreement was not
10 sell south Of the Missouri River,Oand the
waters Pierce not to sell north of that stream.
The Republic Oil Company, according to the
suit brought by Attorney General Hadley, was
a dummy apparently a rival of the "oil
trust" sent in TO compete with independent
firms and by cutting prices, drive them out or
business.
The second suit, in the Circuit Court, is an
application for an injunction TO prevent these
concerns from carrying out the provisions of
The alleged pooling agreement. Named as de-
PENDANTS in this suit H. c. Crenner, doing
business under the name of the International
oil Works and H A. Williamson, doing busi-
ness as H A. Williamson & Co.
They il is alleged. are dummies" who, when
ever there is an agitation against Standard Oil,
are supposed 10 shout the loudest, but to work
for Standard Oil heartily. They, like the Re-
public Company, it is alleged, are sent into de-
batable territory TO cut prices, break up COM
binations Of small independent dealers and
work haEoc generally against the trusts COM
FetitoTs