The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-13
.STANDARDO|L CASE OVER TILL MONDAY Company Owns Property in
 FindIay, 0. METHOD OF PURCHASING oil Sold at Retail In FindIay Field Is Obtained From the Solar Re-
 finine Company at
 Lima, o.
METHOD OF PURCHASING

Findlay, O., October 12.-After a two hours session today the trial of the Standard Oil company of Ohio, charged with conspiracy against trade, was ad- journed until Monday. The, adjournment was agreed on between counsel out of re- spect to the memory of former Judge Burkett, whose funeral took place this afternoon.
 The proceedings today consisted of the taking of testimony of three witnesses summoned by the prosecution. By evil dence of the county recorder, title was established in the Standard to certain lot in the city of Findlay on which is located their local oil distributing station for the local retail trade. Oil 1nspecto" Shaffer testified that the oil sold at retail in this locality was obtained from the Solar Refining company at Lima. At Up- per Sandusl<y, also in his inspection terri tory, they received the oil from the Stan dard refinery at Cleveland. J. H. Scott, local agent of the Joseph Seep Purchasing agency, occupied the greater part of the session, showing the methods of purchas- ing crude oil from producers. He sald that the oil he purchased and paid for by Seep checks was transferred to the order of P S. Trainor of Oil City, Pa.
 County Recorder Is Called.
 The trial was begun by the state putting County Recorder Bloom of Hancock coun- ty on the stand. MT Bloom identihed the deed record of the county. from which Prosecutor David read to the jury records of certain deeds transferring land to the Standard Oil company of Ohio.
 B. C. Shaffer, a local attorney and depH- tv oil importer, was the next witness for the state. He described the manner or testing oil. The Standard. he said had distributing plant located in Findlay on the land identified by the deed record previously read as the property of the standard company The company has four tanks, three for that number or grades of oil and one for gasoline ihls oil Is retaled in tank wagons MT. Shat- fer said this oil came from the Solar Re finng- company at Lima
 Questioned again by the prosecuting at torney MT. Shaffer said that all of the shipments from the Solar company came in Union Tank Line cars. J. S Coit or Flndlay. an oil buyer for Joseph Seep, was the next witness called by the proseeu- ton. He said his office was in the same room with the Buckeye Pipe Line com pany's office in Findlay, and that the latter company had telegraph ines ruil- ming into the oil fields.
 Method of Purchasing OH. | Tn response to a series Of questions by Mir. Phelps the witness described the man ner in which he purchased crude oil or producers The producer was paid Tor ms oil by check on Joseph Seep. The oil was transferred to P S. Trainor. He has ia cilites for buying oil in the pipe lines or the National Transit company Tn New York and Pennsylvania, in the Indiana Pipe Line company pipes. in the Eureka Pipe Line company of Pittsburg. the Cum berland Pipe Line company of Kentucky, and the buckeye Pipe 41ine company or Ohio. All of this was transferred to r. S Trainor. Trainor's drafts were on the Seaboard National bank of New York
 Witness said his purchases averaged from 5O000 to 75o00 barrels of oil a month. The witness did not have perosnal knowl- .odee of any competition buying oil, but he had heard of it. Before coming here he ..ad bought oil in Allentown, N Yo for MT Seep In his business here the witness said the telegraph lines of the Ruclxeye Pipe Line company were used. He paid no tolls for the use Of these wires.
 MT, Troup, for the defense. endeavored Inv eross-examination to ascertain If the witness did not know that the Paragon ] Oil company of Toledo and the Sun Oil company were independent oil companles. i he witness could not make positive an- swer. but had heard they were At 11:O5 the court adjourned until Mon- | day.