Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-02-16
EXPECTS TO GUST
STANDARD COMPANY
ATTORNEY GENERAL HADLEY
DECLARES HE HAS MADE OUT
CASE AGAINST OIL TRUST.
BEGINS TAKING OF
TESTIMONY IN IOWA
Former Employees of Concern Affirm
Truth of Charges-show No Com
petition E1isted-Brief Delay in
New York Hearing.

New York Nearing.
Des Moines, Ia, FEB. 14.-With the
taking of the testimony of Frank
Northrup ana r. &. Lyman, OF Des
Moines, both former Standard Oil COM
pany employees, Attorney General Her.
bert S.. Hadiey Tuesday announced
that he had made out his case against
the Standard Oil company in Missouri,
n expects to get a decision ousting
the company from doing business in
that state.
The taking of dispositions began
Tuesday morning in the Office. OF Read
& Read, local attorneys. The state of
Missouri was represented by Attorney
General Hadley II his assistant, Rush
G. Lake. frank Hagerman, of Kansas
City, and A. D.. Eddy, of Chicago, APP
peared as attorneys Ton the Standard
Oil company, and before the conclu-
sion of the evidence Gen. Hadley an
nounced that he was certain of victory
in the courts. He said he had posi-
tive evidence that the Standard Oil,
the Waters-Pierce and the Republic
Oil company had formed a combina-
ton and divided the territory in Mis-
sour between them.
Says Charges Are True.
F. R. Northrup, formerly manager of
the Scofeld, Schurmer & Teagle Oil
company, OF Cleveland, in st. Louis,
CAV most conclusive testimony of the
truth of Hadley's charges. He
testified that he had oral instruc-
lions from the Republic Oil com
.pany after it had absorbed the
Scotield company and the Cleve-
land Refining company not to enter
the territory of either the Waters
Pierce company or the Standard Oil
company in Missouri, but not to re.
lax the fight on the Independent com
panies. The letters also instructed
him to follow the prices of the Waters.
Pierce company. Mr.. Northrup testi.
fed that he was always given one OF
two days advance notice of the prices
of the Waters-Pierce company.
Have you any more letters belong.
ing to the company which you appro-
,priated?" asked Hagerman, for the
Standard Gil company.
None of your business was the
hot retort.
Northrup was manager of the Re-
public Oil company in st. Louis in
June, 1861, when the Republic com
pany was organized.
+. E. Lyman, of Das Moines, testi-
fed also that as travelling agent of
the Standard OIL company in 1891 he
had been given instructions to turn
orders from the Waters-Pierce Gus
toners to agents OF that company.
Northrup testified that he received
his personal instructions as to nom
competition with the, Standard Oil
from Walter Teagle. He said that he
received letters from the Republic Oil
company, giving him a copy to show to
the trade only, which was a denial
that it had been absorbed by the
Standard OIL.
Delay In New York Hearing.
New York, Feb. IA brief adj
tournament Wa taken Tuesday In the
hearing of the case Of the State OF
Missouri against the Standard Oil com
pany, Of Indiana, and other oil com
panies. This adjournment, which was
until late in the afternoon, was grant
ed after one witness had been placed
on the stand and two questions had
been asked Of him. The questioning
of this witness was a formality EN-.
ployed by counsel representing Mis-.
souri, to secure the adjournment. The
purpose OF the delay is to gain time
until the supreme court OF Missouri
hands down it's decision on questions
affecting the materiality of evidence
such as 1t has been sought to bring Out
in the hearing at New York. When
the hearing was called before United
States Commissioner Sanborn Tuesday
A. II. Kohn, representing ATTORNEY
General Hadley, of Missouri, placed 8
professional process and subpoena
server on the stand. 1t is understood
that he may continue this method Of
obtaining postponements until the
Missouri supreme court hands down its
decision.
Asks Aid for Starving.
Washington. Feb. IA. Presiden,
Roosevelt Tuesday took official cogni.
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