The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-25
H. H Rogers Still Has a Poor
 Memory for Details
SMILES AS HE DEPARTS
Hearing Will Be Continued This Week and Mir. Hadey Has Some More Important Questions Up
 His Sleeve.

New York. March 4.-Henry H. Rogers vice president of the Standard oil conn pany. was the first witness today in the investigation conducted by Attorney General Herbert S. Hadley of Missouri, who is seeking to oust the Standard oil company of Indiana and companies al- legged to be allied with 1t, from doing business in Missouri
 Attorney General Hadley commenced by asking Mr. Rogers if he Is a stocl- holder in the Standard oil company of Indiana and MT. Rogers said he is
 Do you know anything of the eondi- tions of the sale of oil in Missouri" he was asked
 "Not in detaH.' replied MT. Rogers.
 Do you know of any division of the business in Missouri relative to the sale of oil between the respondent compa- nies, the Waters-Pierce and the Repub- lie Oil eompanies?a 'I do noto
 DO you own or control any stock in the Waters-Pierce company yourself or through another persona"
 "I do not JO you knoW N. Ns NduphitHs
 "f have heard of him"
 "He is a son of John D. Arehbod, is he not?"
 "So l have understood"
 "Is II. NJ. Tilford director of the Standard oil company of Indiana?"
 "I don't know I don't think so."
 Do you know what business he is in?"
 II think he is connected with the Con tinental oil company
 eIIas Mir Tilford an office at 2G Broad way?"
 q think he has"
 "Is the business of the Standard oil company of Indiana controlled in Mis- souri by any trade committee with offices at 26 Broadway?' asked Mir. Hadley
 Not to my knowledge" replied MT. Rogers.
 What business connection have you. if any. with the business of selling and refining oil in Missouri
 'I have none"
 You swear that part of the business Is controlled and managed by others2"
 Yes: the detail work is'
 "Who is the president of the Standard oil company of 1ndiana?'
 "D A. Moffatt I think"
 DO you know Walter C. Teaglc?"
 "Yes."
 "You said before that MT. Teage was in some foreign business. Is that in con nection with the Standard on?"
 "l understand so.' "Where Is Mir Moffatts officer "I believe 1t is at 26 Broadway"
 "Did you ever have q conference with Mir. Monatt there?"
 "I have"
 Was it on business connected with the business of the Standard oil Company of Indiana. and did you meet him at 2B Broadway?' "I presume that 1t was; I don't recall now"
 You know of the existence of the Waters Pierce oil Company of Missouri, do you not?'
 have heard of it," replied MT. Rog- CTS. Rogers Knowledge Is Limited. MT. Hadley then read a question asked at the previous hearing which charged that the Waters Pierce Company and the Republic oil Company and the Standard Oil Company of Indiana were doing busi- ness in Missouri in violation of that states antitrust laws.
 "Is 1t a fact that the stock of these three companies is held by the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey or by some person or persons in trust for it, for combination. trust confederation or agreement" the attorney general asked. My Knowledge is extremely limited as to such details answered MT. Rogers.
 Judge Johnson one of the attorneys for the Standard oil Company, then had 1t noted on the record that the Standard Oil Company would admit that the stock of the Republic Oil Company and the Waters Pierce Company and the Stand ard oil of Indiana was held in trust by the Standard oil of New Jersey. Admissions Are Made. Judge Johnson added that the admis- sion was made for the purpose of the present litigation Judge Priest, also of counsel for the Standard oil Company. said the stock showing on the stock book of the Waters Pierce Company as stand- ing in the name of M. M. Nanburen was held in the interest of the Standard oil Company of New Jersey and that they made this admission for the purpose of this litigation. The Standard Oil Company attorneys had the admissions noted on the record and Judge Priest then said it was under stood of course that these admissions were made subject to an exception as to it's materialty to be passed upon by tho higher courts --s.ornee General Hadley then said that he wished 1t understood that these admissions of stock ownership occupied the period of the time of in- formation. Therefore the trust attorneys agreed upon this and made new admits sion that for the purposes of this litlga- ton only if would be admitted that a ma- jority of the stock of the Standard Oii Company of Indiana and all the stock of the Republic Oil Company is held in the interests of the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey.
 HadIey Makes Corrections.
 Strike out the word interests" dc. manded Mir. Hadley. and make 1t read held for the Standard Oil of New Jerseys'
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