The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-03-15
STANDARD OIL men
MUST REVEAL FACTS
Supreme Court Of Missouri
Denies Rehearing In the
Republic Oil Case.
BOOKS MUST BE SHOWN
John D. Rockefeller. Who Has Bees
Dodsine Process Servers for Weeks.
May Escape If Rogers Will
Tell What Is Wanted of Him.

Jefferson City, Mo-, March 13.-The
supreme court today overruled the mo-
ton filed by counsel for the Republic
Oh company for a rehearing.
Judge Fox's order requiring the Off
GERS of the Republic Oil company to
answer questions and produce books
and papers in the oil hearing before
Special Commissioner Anthony is UP
held.
The court set March 10 as the date
for the next oil hearing in st. Louis, at
which time officers of the Republic Oil
company will be placed on the witness
stand.
Will Ransom" Rockefeller.
All signs point now to the conclusion
that job D. Rockefeller has not lodged
process servers for the last few months
in vain.
This new turn in the suit Of the state
OF Missouri against the Standard Oil
company indicates that he will not be
required to go on the stand and let
Attorney General Hadley Of that state
corner him with embarrassing questions
Of the kind that H. H. Rogers refused
to answer.
Alfred D. Eddy of st. Louis. general,
western attorney for the Standard Oil
company. is on his way to New York.
for a conference with the company'S Of
fcials. 1t Is understood that he Is
armed with a proposition from Hadley,
to the effect that If H. M. Tilford, w
H. Tilford and w. M. Van Buren, will
agree to go or the stan and answer
lau of the questions the attorney general
chooses to fire at them, he will not in
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Rogers Must Answer.
One of the conditions Of this propo-
isition Is hat H. H. Rogers must an
isWer all Of the questions he declined to
answer on the occasion Of Hadley's
mission to New York a few weeks ago.
The attorney general thinks that the
!Tilfords and Van Buren, can be as use
full to him as Rockefeller would be.
The price Of Rockefeller's escape
from the ordeal of the witness chair
is that they must not try to block the
efforts OF Missouri to get at the facts
concerning the STANDARD Oil company's
business methods in that state.
Eddy is said to have been authorized
to assure Hadley before his departure
from st. Louis that Rogers would no
longer dodge the questions put to him
and that he will tell all about the
Standard Oirs subsidiary companies.
Attorney General Hadley is quoted as
saying:
Somebody Must Answer.
1T has been suggested that the wit
neSses already under subpoena in New
York could give all the information that
is desired by the state. l asked that
the lawyers fully inform me as to the
ability of these Standard Oil officials to
give me the evidence wanted. Mr..
Eddy has gone to New York for the
purpose of finding out about this, and
pending a report from him no further
efforts will be made to serve subpoenas
on other officials Of the company, who
were wanted TO testify.
but If I find that these officials are
not prepared to enlighten me as de-
sired, then every means will be used to
get into court those who are able to
do So
Henry Wollman, counsel for Attorney
General Hadley in New York, confirmed
the report that Mr.. Eddy has said thai
the most persistent efforts to subpoena
any of these officials except Rogers had
been fruitless, but that it looked now
us if they would come to the front and
give the evidence that is wanted.