Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-08-14
.INDICT RAILROAD
and OIL companies
Pennsylvania AND STANDARD
CHARGED WITH VIOLATION
OF COMMERCE LAW.
JAMESTOWN, NJ. Y, JURY
RETURNS TRUE BILLS
Carrier Said to Have Granted spe.
cial Concessions to Rockefeller
concern-cases to Be Tried in
October.

federal grand jury for the western
district of New York Friday returned
indictments against the Standard
Oil company, of New York; the
Pennsylvania Railroad company, and
the Vacuum Oil company, of Roches-
ter, for violations of the interstate
commerce law.
There are "a counts in each indict-
ment of the Standard Oil company
and of the Pennsylvania Railroad
company, and smaller number
against the Vacuum Oil company.
The evidence presented to the
grand jury In the oil cases having in
dicated that shipments of oil were
made from Rochester to Rutland, VT,
over the New York Central railroad,
Boston & Maine, and Rutland rail-
road lines, United States Attorney
Brown asked that he be given time
in which to prepare for an investiga-
ton into the connections of these
three great roads with the shipments
of the Standard Oil company's prod
ucts at the alleged discriminative
rates alleged to have been given
by the Pennsylvania railroad.
At the request of Mr.. Brown the
grand jury was given a recess for
two weeks, during which time he and
his assistants will prepare for the
further investigation.
Basis of Indictments.
The specific charges allege that
the Pennsylvania Railroad company
granted to the Standard Oil com
pany special concessions in the ship
ments of freight and that the Stand
ard Oil company did "unlawfu1ly and
knowingly accept from the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad company a conces-
sion in respect to the transportation
of certain of its property in interstate
commerce, whereby and by which de.
vice that property was transported
in such commerce at less rate than
that named in the tariffs SO published
and filed by said Pennsylvania Rail.
road company" in violation Of the
statutes.
The indictments are so specified
that in case those found against one
company are sustained on trial, they
necessarily must be sustained against
the other companies. The various
counts pertain to specific cases In
which these special rates were
granted and accepted, and embrace a
period of time from January, 1, 1904,
to December 20, of the same year.
The indictment against the Vacuum
Oil company, Of Rochester, is on ex.
actly similar grounds that is charg.
ing that special concessions were &C.
cepted from the Pennsylvania Rail.
road company.
The specific charge against the
Vacuum company is that 1t shipped
its product from Clean, N. r., to
Rutland, VT, at lower rate of
freight than that published in the reg.
ular schedule of the Pennsylvania
company, and on file with the inter
state commerce commission at Wash
ington.
Bail was fixed at $4,000 for each
company. The cases will probably
be tried at Lockport in October.
Indictments for Sugar Rebates.
New York, Aug. las a result
of Investigations OF cases of alleged
rebating by railroads the United
States grand jury Friday returned six
indictments. They are said to be
based on rebating on sugar. The fed
eral authorities declined to give
out the names OF those indicted, but
1t was reported that they include
both individuals and corporations.
United States District Attorney
Stimson stated that the grand jury
will resume its Investigations of the
rebate matter about September 1.