Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-01-08
PROBING FOR SECRETS
TOday'S Proceedings of the
New York Hearing.
MRS. BUTTS ON THE STAND
Reveals Information About Certain
Trust Certificates.
AGAINST STANDARD OIL co
n. D. HardcastIe Testified He Had
Been Told Not to Let 1t Be Known
for Whom He Worked.
AGAINST STANDARD OIL co

NEW YORK. January S-H II. Rogers,
vice president of the Standard OIL Com
pany Of New Jersey, was expected to D.
a witness today in the hearing before Com
missioner Frederick II. Sanbon in the quo
warranto proceedings brought by Attorney
General Herbert T. Hadley of Missouri 10
oust from Missouri the Standard Oil Com
Jany Of Indiana, the Waters-Pierce on
Company of Missouri and the Republic Oh
Company.
NIr Rogers testified on Saturday that
lie Is a director of the Standard Oil Com
pany of Indiana. Mr.. Hadley is seeking
TO show that there is no real competition
in the oil business Of Missouri and to sho"
that the other two companies doing bust
less in Missouri are controlled by the
Standard Oil Company of Indiana, said 20
be the western branch of the Standard on
Company Of New Jersey.
When the hearing opened Mr.. Hadley In
formed the commissioner that Wade Hamp-
ton, one of the Witnesses summoned, had
MIR Hampton is auditor of the Standard
oil Company.
Evidence was again taken on a type
writer.
Mrs Butts the First Witness.
Mrs Ida NJ Butts stepdaughter of the
late George L. Rice of Marietta, Ohio. was
the first witness today.
Mr. Hadey read certificate OF six shares
IN the original Standard Oil Trust, issued
by the board OF trustees of that trust in
1892 to George NJ Rice. 1t was signed by
Jobn ID. Rockefeller. Henry NJ Flagler and
William r. Wardwell. II was indorsed as
having been issued in compliance with an
order of the supreme court of New YORK
made I'm 1890. Mrs. Butts identified 1t as
having belonged to Mr.. Rice. Mr. Hadey
also read a certificate Of an assignment
of legal title of one share in the STANDARD
oil Trust to George NJ. Rice, and asked
if this was issued after the Standard on
Company of Olsio swas ordered by the
courts 10 be dissolved in 1887 These were
the papers about which Mrs. SUITS was
questioned on Saturday, but which she
could not then produce. They We're signed
hy+John u. Rockefeller, II. II. Rogers, w
II. Tilford. attorney, and F. 9. Barstow
as secretary
ard Oil Company, objected to.this question
as a leading ore. and only asked for the
purpose of publication by the twerHS.s S.sIe-
porters present. The objection was overs
ruled Mrs Butts said Tire paper was own
ed by Mr.. Rice.
Only Shares in Existence.
These six shares are said to be the only
shares Of the original Standard Oil trust
now in existence. Mrs. Butts said the
Waters-Pierce Oil Company was nlem-
Der Of the original Standard Oil trust
Mrs Puts said Mr. Rice had another as
signment of title which he coverted into
scrip of the constituent companies of the
Standard Oil Company of New Jersey.
Mr.. Hadley again brought from the witness.
as on Saturday, that these assignments or
title were issued in course Of what Mi
Hadley called the pretended dissolution. !.
of the Standard OIL Company of Ohio ana
the final election OF that company from
Ohio in contempt proceedings Mrs, Butts
said these shares of stock were exchange
able for stock in the Standard Oil>Company
of New Jersey.
.'DId 1he Standard Oil Company of New
Jersey become the holding company OF
these companies in the Standard on
trust?,, asked MIR. Hadley.
1T did" said Mrs Butts.
Mrs. Butts also possessed as administra-
trix of George NJ. Rice a certificate of
shares of stock held by him in the Stand
ard Oil Company Of Indiana
She said that Alexander Mcdonald & Co.
of Cincinnati were IN existence before the
Standard Oil trust and became the Consol-
dated Tank Line Company and member
of The original Standard Oil trust. The
Chess-Carley Company % Louisville, KY.
she said. was also IL member of that trust
Mrs. Butts was tnen excused.
Hardcastle the Next Witness.
II D. Hardcastle was the next witness.
He said he lives in New York and entered
the employ OF the Standard OIL Company at
v, 1
company at Albany3then, he said, was L.
P. Cutler. Witness was employed there
eight yerrs and then went to Cleveland,
Ohio. where lie worked for the Republic
OIL Company. Mr.. Hardcastle said that
prior to going to Cleveland he was. not
transferred TO the employ of any other
company than the Standard OIL Company,
but he. had worked for the Standard Oh
Company irt-Gloversville, y. Y. He was an
q accountant for the Standard OIL Company.
.afA do b Ta1f IaYa
utngs 10 the Albany ma anager~for his trans
fer to oCiegeland; that Mr.. Cutler made an
arrangement for witness 10 see Mr., Jen-
nings OF the Standard Oil Company's do
mestic committee at ri Broadway. New
York. Witness sSffd Mr.. Jennings offered
him position in Cleveland.
With what company ?''
He said with subsidiary company and
then told NE TO see w. H Tilford. one OF
the directors of the Standard OIL Company
and having offices at 2s broadway "Witness
said he saw Me Tiiford. Previously wit
ness said. he had been asked to go TO Pitts
burg by Mr.. Brewster of &c Broadway to
work either for the Standard Oil Company
or the Atlantic Refining Company, witness
was not certain which.
Not as a Standard Employe.
Mr. Tilford'' witness said, told me that
they had just absorbed schoneld. schurmer
Teagle. and reorganized it as the Repub.
He OIL Company. When got to Cleveland
/ was not to be known as a Standard Oh
Company employe"
Were you instructed never to let It be
known YOU had been employed by the
Standard OIL Company?
Yes
witnsss accepted the position and went te
Cleveland. He said that he found, as presi.
dent of tbs Republic Oh Company, c. l.
Nichols. who before becoming president
was secretary to Walter Jennings. Nichols
he said, had office at % Broadway The
vice president OF the Republic on Company
was Walter Teagie. now. witness under.
stands. a member OF the committee on ex
port trade OF the Standard OIL Company
Witness also rnet,at cleveland w I
Mckee auditor of the Republic OIL Com
-Eany. who formerly was auditor of fhs
Standard on Company. and he also me
H. L. Terrell, former cashier of ther6tcds