Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-05-15
DECLARES governor
PROTECTED OIL MAN
DENnEN CHARGED WITH BAIK-
ING PROSECUTION In Al
LEGGED PERJURY CASE
EXTRACTION Is DENIED
BY ILLINOIS EXECUTIVE
Hearing Before Interstate Commerce
Commission at Chicago Continued
Admission of Evidence Contested
by Standard Attorney.

Chicago, May 14.-Charges that
Gov. Deneen year ago baked prose
cution Of Standard Oil official in
Illinois by refusing to request his ex-
tradition from Ohio on a charge of
subernation of perjury, were made
Saturday at the hearing before the
interstate commerce commission.
G. P. Collinge, vice president of the
Standard Oil company of Kentucky,
was indicted by the grand jury of
Tazeweu county at Pekin, accused of
inducing Charles Kercher, an employee,
to swear falsely that property which
the Standard was seeking to recover
on writ of replevin belonged to Col
hinge.
Concealment Tried by Trust.
The Standard, 1t is said, did not
wish to appear in the case, SO had
Collinge appear as the plaintiff. But
Kercher told the story to the grand
jury. Collinge and G. P. Taylor, an
other Standard Oil official, were in
dicted. Attorney General Stead, how
ever, rendered an opinion that Col
Hinge was not in Illinois when the al
legged crime was committed, SO he
could not be prosecuted here and Gov.
Deneen on this ground refused to ask
for his extradition.
Fights Admission Of Evidence.
IN an effort to prevent any further
exposures by former employees Of the
Standard OIL company, Attorney John
S. Miller, counsel for the Standard
Oil company In the rebate inquiry in
progress before the interstate COM
merce commission, is contesting the
admissibiEty Of such evidence on the
ground that it is unpleasant, useless
and beyond the jurisdiction of the in.
terstate commerce commission" His
argument is that the evidence relates
to local conditions in Illinois and can
not be construed as in any way bear
ing upon the question of railway dis
ordinations in interstate rates.
Counsel for Standard Oil interposed
their objection when F. S. Monnett
former attorney general of Ohio, who
is conducting the examination, called
S. l.. Hibbs to the stand. Mr.. Hibbs
1t was explained, had been an expert
in the employ of the Standard in the
Peoria district to take away business
from independent dealers, and Attor.
Iney Monnett proposed to show by
him the methods he used to carry out
his instructions.
Grave Conditions Revealed.
i The chief points elected by Attor-
lney Monnett's examination were:
ii That station agents for the Missouri
Pacific and Iron Mountain railroads
In every town in southeastern
Missouri had been paid by the Stand
ard to harass the trusts competitors
that there had been collision between
. the Great Western and the Standard
| to raise the rates on oil shipments be
, tween Whiting and st. Paul from 1:
to 20 cents, the railroad paying from
$4,000 to 100000 year for oil; tina
independent oil shippers who have n,
lpipe line across the Mississippi at st
Louis have been Disseminated
|against; that the Standard employs
saved thousands Of dollars each yen
in transportation under the Uniol
Tank Line pass system; that tn,
Central Freight association fxet
. freight rates; that prepaid rates wer
made on all shipments in Missouri
and that no records available for pur
poses Of investigation could be oh
. tanned.
II Independent Shippers Held Up.
II H. J. COIN, formerly genera
salesman for the Waters-Pierce com
Ipany, branch Of the Standard, testi
fed that station agents Of the Mis-
souri, Pacific and Iron Mountain road
acted as Standard agents, and b!
holding up Independent shipment.
gave the Waters-Pierce company dis
tinct advantage in selling oil.
J. Bartles, for % years an EN-
ploye Of the Standard, testified tina
through Its subsidiary company, thu
Galena Oil company, the trust solo
about 100000 worth Of lubricating oil
year to the railroads, and at price.
away above the market price, and II
this way obtained what amounted t,
l .S,{ So 80 oll