The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-06

they had been kept in very poor cond'- lion by the previous management and he requested me to bring them to tho san,a. level as they were In Newark. N. J.. where I had come from"
 This conversation. the witness sail. took place at the office of the Waters Pierce Company at St. Louis.
 What did Mr. TinsIey say In rsfer- ence 10 the office work. Mir Tinsiev said that the work al Oklahoma City was in poor share, not having rcceiv- ed stock reports for two months previ- ors., He said was to make out stock reports for two months, missing on tho Standard oil Company forms such as we used in Newark
 standnrd OH Methods.
 swhiIe you were there was tho bus mess conducted by Standard oil meth aie =
 As far as the ofnce work was con cnrnsd. yes"
 While working for the watoes-Pie Oil Company had You resigned from the Standard oil Company
 No. sir
 what companies sold oil in the Wa tcrs-Pierce oil company's territory?
 There was the Richardson-Gay oil Company. there was another which cannot state for sure. but I believe if was the Count Oil Go
 Did the Standard oil Company sell any oil in the Waters-Pisrce, ell Com pany's territory in Oklahomag' ''Not to my knowledge did they sell 1t to consumers but the Watars-Piercf oil Company itself carried the stock of the Standard oil Company In It's ware honses and they sold 1t to merchants and consumers but not in original bar reIs. In cases wherI oil was sold by barrel. the contents. Of the standard k -g FAA Ht.Nn barrel labeled The Waters Pierce oil Company"
 'where did tho Waters Pierce oil Company get its coai?"
 Some was shipped from Philadel- phia; some from Whiting, Ind. and some from cars diverted to Oklahoma City" -
 MT. Jockel said that, some of the oil cans had the Standard OH shipping tags on.. He could not say from whom the others came.
 "Did the. Waters Pierce oil Company pretend to be or claim to be an in- dependent cofnpanyT'
 Yes. sir"
 Did you receive letter from ( P Ackert. General Manager Of the Stand ard oil Company. giving scale nc prices at which oil should be sold In the territory"
 Yes sir
 Did the latter show that oil was be. ing sold at . loss?"
 ''Yes"
 What was the purpose?"
 ITO overcome opposition of the Richardson-Gay oil Company"
 "Do you mean c0mpetitionr'
 "Yes. sir" E, The witness was then excused.
 Bedford recalled, refused. under ad vice of counsel. to answer and ques- tions as 10 the whereabouts of Mr Tinsley. te
 Asked if he knew whether the Stand ard oil Company of Indiana. sells oil In Missouri. he said he did not know. Under advice Of counsel he declined to say If he was connected with the Standard Oil Company. of New Jersey. ssDo you know if there is such com pany as the Republic Oil Company
 T have heard of such company" he replied. 7 sf xt. z. k4 q
 From whornft s's s.i s7fte.5 eea q can't recall"
 The witness declined Co answer uev- eraI questions segardlng the Stanaard Oil Company affalrs and adJournlnsnt was taken until tomorrow morning. After adjournment. answering' a | question as to his intentions with re- calcitrant witnesses, Attorney General Hadley said he would certify their re- | fusal to answer questions to the Su- | preme Court. and ask the court to deal with them.