The Washington times., 1906-01-06
ROGERS COUNSEL
!. GREW DETERMINED,
TROUBLE ENSUEO
Row Narrowly Averted
at Standard Oil
Hearing.
DRIVING PROBE DEEPER
Middle Vests Attorney De-
term ned to Sift Bust
ness 10 Bottom.
DRIVING PROBE DEEPER

NEW YORK. Jan. 6-A sharp. wordy
fight between Mr.. Rowe, counsel for
Henry H. Rogers. and Commissioners
SanDOTn, necessitated a sudden adjourn
ment OF the Standard Oil investigation
shortly before ! O'Clock this afternoon
10 save the hearing from disgracefuI
termination.
Mr. Rowe had objected to certain
questions and directed Mr. Rogers to
answer. Commissioner Sanborn inter-
! posed. and told Rowe he had no rights,
and that if he persisted he would have
/ 10 leave the room. Rowe said he would
/ continue 10 advise the witness and San
/ born directed that Rowe leave the
room.
Rowe made no move, and after a
! pause Sanborn said that proceedings
would not be continued unless Rowe
1 left the room. Rowe, however. made
! no attempt 10 leave, and matters were
/ becoming extremely awkward when
| Rogers spoke up and broke Up the SER
ious situation by saying:
i wish Il was me-
| There was another pause, and then
4 Mr.. Hagerman, counsel for the STAN
/ dard OIL suggested an adjournment to
/ save the situation. The hearing vsas
] sociates left the room.
Sitting Testimony.
Inside peeps into the underground
workings of the trust in their moves
70 stihe competition In the oil business
were had, when testimony was taken
By Attorney-Cenerai Hadiey. of Miszou-
ri, In two suits brought by the state
against four oil companies operating in
the Middle West.
| AttOrney-Generai Hadiey contends that
/ the four companies are Standard oil
Companies, operating as a blind 70 evsds
the antitrust laws OF Missouri. The OBJ
struction tactics pursued by counsel for
the companies viii prolong the hearing
over long period
Long Hand Demanded.
| Professor Sanborns class in handwriting
was not called 10 order until shortly be-
fore II O'Clock this morning. Sanborn
was suffering from the symptoms Of
writer's cramp today, because Of the de-
mand Of the Standards counsel that an
unforgotten section of the code of the
civil procedure, which provides that the
testimony be taken by the commission
er in long hand be lived up to. There
was no going behind the code, and san
born had his hands full writing down
the questions and answers
| 1t was announced this morning that
the hearing after today would be held IN,
the office Of the New York Law Report
ing Company at 81 Wall street, as the
accommodations in Mr.. WoIIman's Office
were limited and there was a constant
jostIng Of Standard OIL magnates, news
lpaper men. lawyers and messenger boys.
Ida NJ. Butts was the first witness
called this morning. Before she pro-
| ceeded with her story. Attorney Cen
eraI Hadley announced cheerfully that
il had been agreed that a typewriter
, | would take the testimony on a ma
, chine. The rafting Of the machine
| however. made the room resemble .
! miniature iron foundry in operation, but
| the counsel for the Standard OH said
f | they could stand for il.
Deposed by the Trust.
Mrs. Butts said that her home was in
= Marietta, Ohio and sometimes at Pick
ems, W. Va. Her stepfather was the
late George Rice, of Marietta. who was
I an oil producer, and driven out of busi-
ness by the trust. She said she worked
in Mr.. Rice's office.
HageTman Objects.
Was Mr.. Rice a member of the Stan
daTd Company of Indiana.
There was strong objection by Mr.
Hagerman. counsel for the respondents.
but the witness replied:
: He was a member if holding eertih-
= Gates of ownership in the company COM
stitutes a membership.
! Mrs Butts said that the Standard OIL
Company was incorporated Mrs. Butts
said that Mr. Rice died last year.
DO you hold those certificates nowr
They are held by the administrator. :
s Are they the only certificates of the
company in eXistence?"
c They are the only ones I have ever