The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-01-09
MONDAY. JANUARY 9, 1905 [|'

$40 / understand you that there are
not at Is Broadway committees Wnlcn
have charge of the trade OF the Stand 4
ard oil company of Indiana?
mo" q,
II can't answer.
Does the STANDARD OIL company of
Indiana sell oil In New York;"
II don't know"
way?" .
Il don't know that 1t does"
"You are director in that COM
pany?"
Eyes" 81.
/ do you mean to say that Mr.. Moi
felt has not an office at 26 BOardway
or that YOU don't know whether he has,
or not?"
II don't know except by hearsay."
"Do you know il the secretary and
treasurer of the Standard Oil company
pany of Indiana stay at rs Broad
way?"
"If Mr.. Stahl is the treasurer as
suppose him to be land Mr. Cowan Is
the vice president as believe him to
be. don't know that they have offices
there"
do YOU mean to say to the SUI
preme court of Missouri that you
don't know where the company's OH
ces are?"
at is quite immaterial to me what
the supreme court of Missouri expects.
me to say" said Mr.. Rogers
Mr.. Hadley repeated the question.
do you Want it for personal infor-
ri, n
..You understand NV uues:itM, witt
out evasion, and ask the commits
sioner to direct the witness to an
swer," said Mr.. Hadley.
At the commissioners suggestion
Mr.. Hadley changed the question to:
do you know as director where the
general offices of the Standard Oil
company of Indiana are lccated?"
Il do not know as fact, but sup
pose they are in Indiana, where the
| company is incorporated and | pre-
fer to trust to records. rather than to.
|. my memory said Mr.. Rogers.
II still want an answer to the ques-
ton, do you know if the Standard Oil
company of Indiana has an Office at
26 Broadway"
Il answered that in regard to the
office of Mr. Moffett, the president OF
the company"
DO you know whether it.. has or
has not an Office there?"
LAS implied in my answer"
Answer without evasion: Has it
or has it not?'
81 am trying to give you fair and
square answer but cannot go furthe",
but will look into the question and
let you know?"
Hadley: II am not satisfied. Do.
you know that Mr.. Moffett, president
of the Standard Oil company of In
diana, has an Office at 26 Broadway"
II have answered that"
you can answer twice the same.
way, can you not?"
Il imagine that he has an office.
there, but | never was in it. My
| previous answer covers the question
exactly"
1T is charged in this case that the.
Standard Oil company of Indiana, the
Waters-Pierce Oil company and Re-
public Oil company are in a cOnfeder-
alton and agreement in violation of
the trust laws of Missouri; do you
know that the Standard Oil company
of New York owns OF controls, either
through itself or other party, ma
| jOrity of the stock in all those COM.
panies?"
Il object. said. Mr.. Hagerman, as.
the question of stock ownership is,
still in court"
Mr.. Hadley said the question of
stock ownership is not pending in any
court in Missouri but on the contrary
the commissioner appointed in Mis-
souri, to take evidence in this case has.
ruled that such evidence is admissible
and it had been admitted in Missouri.
Mr.. Hagerman said that was not
correct as he understood it, but that
the question is still undecided.
Commissioner Sanborn found the
question competent and instructed Mr..
Rogers to answer. Mr.. Rogers de-
.clined to do so.
Mr.. .Hadley asked If Mr.. Rogers de-
clined for any other reason than on
the advice of counsel, and Mr.. Rogers
said he did not. Mr.. Rogers was still
on the witness stand when the hearing
adjourned until tomorrow. :.