The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-07-11
OIL KING MAY Be
fX|LEO FROM
HOME
AS THE SUBPOENA OUT FoR HIM
MAY KEEP JOHN D. PLAY
GOLF ABROAD.
THEY ARE AFTER HIM
IN Ohio ard Even imprisonment Miuht
Follow His Return Federal
Grand Jury at Work in
Earnest.

I Cleveland o., July io- John u.
Rockefeller today Is threatened with
exile from America as . result of the
auhpoena calling him to testify in tha
suit 70 punish executive officials of
the Standard OIL company Tor yi3la-
! tion Of the antitrust laws.
If Mr. Rockefeller decides 10 re.
turn to Cleveland, or even To the
State of Ohio. he will do so at the
peril Of being arrested and tried on
charge for which the punishment II
Imprisonment and a fine
The report from Washington today
Stating that Frank s. Mon eft. former
attorney general 1T OHIO. who attained
reputation as an opponent Of trusts
has been dismi sed from the service of
the Interstate Commerce Commission
has caused great SURPRISE lie was
engaged as q special assistant to MIA
The eommissi hi se ring eq denca
ard arranging ca against the stand
ard oil company
VI aiu 1uiy y IS ~ W9fh4
The New York Central Railroad
controlled BY the yandefhlts. became
the center Of governmental attack ID.
day, when the special federal grant
jury took up the local investigation
into Standard Oil methods those a.
pecially as regards relates.
Out OF the ftge wifnes eg exAlAssal
three We're New York Central employ.
es and number of others We're in the
lnteroDm waiting their summons III
The inner sanctum on the sixth floor III
he federal building.
Besides Captain George J. Grammer
ice president and traffic manager of
he New York Central lines west of
Buffalo was waiting At the Hollea-
den Hotel in case District Attorney
Sullivan finally decided 10 summon
him
Captain Grammer is likely 10 wait
a long time before | ito The District
Attorney significantly aid when ask.
cd If he intended to reconsider his
of the subpoena.
This statement was regarded by
hose in close touch with the Inquiry
as Indicative Of the governments sat
that Captain Grammer's tes.
timony will not be needed 10 make out
the case which the prosecution has
mapped out
Sixteen on Grand Jury
The witne. ses are being examined
before only sixteen grand jurors the
minimum required by law. Seventeen
'ut Of the twentyIhree summoned ar.
leared in the morning. but one Of
hese was excused because Of Illness
As twelve votes will DE necessary i'm
he return of any Indictment the evil
lence produced by he government
yill NECESSARILY have 20 be OF the
strongest possible character Tho .
connected with the prosecution are
lot worried over this phase of the
IT is obviously impossible for me
% discuss the invest cation f.r pubH.
alton a. prese- b" said Di trict A..
orney Sullivan TONIGHT when question.
a about the possible effect Of the
mall grand Jury. "The puhlic real
les though. that failure 90 indict does
lot necessarily mean Inability %
rove the acc safions. The et denca
hfained here nav De transmitted TO
ONE other district rr may 20 a.
act 10 the Attorney General az Wash
lgton That IS natter FOR The grand
Iry to decide"
Inquiry is preliminary
We're won atisfod With the deYel.
Dments ON the first day Of the inves
eation2" Mr. sullivan was asked.
Now Won are irving % make mo
.tea1 state secrets" he renl ed with
smile r. should 10 borne IN mind
.ough. that the inauiry TO-DAY was
rgely preliminary in character
ied guesser micht not miss The truth
.ry far If be predic'ed hardnan =
,elv 10 be- struck tomorrow
Have you anv idea of how long
c iury viii he i- So siou.~
You know as mach about that as
do te answered
The Jurors viii probably want Ell
p chr they can get sni 81 is entire
within their provpro ID tx thr
ieth of their service
While the subpoena iss e1 fer me
% week has been wifh1-awa. + a~f
re not o-'V reaar hrf snxi8us ~
fifY sai8i rsosa=n Gramrsr
b connected with the Lake Sha-7
nrosd has anvth ~ 90 conceal The
Ie Tor ne 70 speak hes no, arriref
len fhe grand Jury 3 throaeh ] uaV
-e s-mefhjng 10 sax that win - u