The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1906-01-12
STANDARD OIL AND
ITS DEALS IN OHIO
WITNESS TELLS OF OPERATIONS
At MissouRrs INvEsTl-
CATION
Henry n. Roesrs Wouldn't Divuiee
the Oil Monopoly's Secrets and
Supreme Court May Es
Asked for Aid.

quisitors may not be able to pump
from Henry II. Roge.s the secrets OF
the Standard Oil company, but the
photograph SO long sought for by the
camera fien6s, that fatal picture
which Mr.. Rogers employed special
detectives to guard against, has been
taken.
The Missouri probe was going along
smoothly and tie noon hour was ap-
preaching when there was a binding
fash In the rooms at 67 Wall street,
to where the hearing has been trans
ferred because OF lack of space at II
Broadway. The concuss on of the ex-
plosion nearly forced the glass from
the windows. A great cloud of smoke
denly enveioped the room where the
commissioners of Governor Folk were
trying to pin the unwilling Mr.. Rogers
down to important admissions calcu-
lated TO smash the Rockefeller trust
to smithereens. And through the
smoke a dozen little, smoothfaced. in
nocent appearing men fed with great
speed out the door, carrying what ap-
peared to be little boxes under the r
arms They were the camera hends
and in every little box was the nucleus
of perfect register of the taoe OF
Mr.. Rogers, so long sought
The great oil financier sat still for
moment. His face whitened. The
muscles of his forehead and eyes
grew tense. He al ose from the Wit
ness cnair and strobe out of the room.
Commissioner Sanborn looked amazed.
I hen he expressed his heartfelt re-
greet that such an extraordinary oc-
currence had been permitted and ad-
journed the hearing until afternoon,
when Mr.. Rogers re-appeared. But the
camera men had captured the horcrs
at the morning SESSION OF the inquiry.
II. G. Hardcastle proved willing
witness today at both the morning ana
afternoon session. He is a former en-
p.oye of the Standard OH company ana
he told how the Standard organiZa-
ton had recovered from him import
ant letters on promise OF gatting for
him a better position, and that he
was forced to resign shortly alter he
allowed the letters to pass back into
the Standards possession. these let
ters were addressed to Mr.. Hardcas-
tie by members of the Standard Oil
company in regard TO the business Of
the Republic Oil company, with which
the witness was then connected.
Another witness of the day was Mrs.
Ida Butts, step-daughter of the late
George NJ. Rice, who fought the Stand
ard Oil Company bitterly until he died
a year or so ago.
Mr.. Hadley, the Missouri inquisi:or,
read and placed on record paper
dater October 18, 1892, signed by J.
ID. Rockefeller, president; Henry M.
Flagler, secretary; William T. Ward
well, treasurer. Across the face OF the.
paper was written in red ink:
This certificate is issued .ppnc pro
tune in compliance with the judg-
ment of the special term or the su-
prenes Court of the state of New York,
entered january, 1890, in an action
where George M. Rice and others of
the Standard Oil trust were defends
ants"
Mrs. Butts testified that the Stand
ard OIL Company of Indiana became a
member of the original trust. She sa d
that Mr.. Rice had one other certiflcate
Of original assignment, which he had
put in script in the present company."
Witness Hardcastle. asked by4AttOr
Cnnnral HlhTQU IN oh I.a oil
cumstances of his goipx from thS, ,em-
ploy of the Standar3rat - Ibaby, NY,
to Cleveland, said that nc Wae aalfsli
to make the transfeT ny ~. vyait9r
Jennings, then mentber al the Ddp-
estic Trade Committee<eS t1eJ stand
ard. and that he called at'fhe Stand
ards ofiices in New York at Mr. Jen-
nings request and that he was there
advised tor go to Cleveland by w, II.
Tilford, who said that the Standard
had absorbed the Scofield, Schnrmer Il
Teagle Company, and had reorganlzed
Il as the Republic Oil Company. He
declared that he was instructed never
to mention in Cleveland that he was
In any way connected with the Stand
ara vi CoaDany.
He found hat the officers of the Re-
public Oil Company In Cleveland had
been formerly connected with the
Standard and that managers of all the
stations of the Republic Oil Company
received positive instructions to rep
resent to the trade that they were
independent OF the Standard Oil Com
pany. This, he said, was to get trade
which the Standard OIL Company
could not get otherwise
All oil in Cleveland sold by the Res
public OIL Company was Standard OH
Company's delivery, the witness testi-
fied.
Henry II. Rogers proved poor wit
ness and the secrets of the oil mon
opoly were not diVuIged by him. Al
though admitting that he is director
of the Standard Oil Company OF In
diana he said that he did not know