The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-12

ALI Underlying Concerns Managed and
Their Taxes Paid From n broadway.
FINpLAH. Ohio, Oct. l1.--Triumphs for
the prosecution followed each other to-day
in quick succession in the case Of the State
against the Standard Oil Company, the
States attorneys winning every contention
where the competence o. evidence was In
question.
One Of the most significant features
developed in the investigation to-day was
! the admission by Frederick I. Cuthbert OF
Lima, president OF the Manhattan Oil Com
pany, that his company was paying 90
cents a barrel for oil in the North Lima
| field, where the Standard has competition,
and selling this oil to the Trainer Oil Com
pany, another of the alleged Standard
subsidiary concerns, at a net loss OF 3 cents
a barrel.
Further Cuthbert admitted that in the
South Lima field, beyond the point reached
by the pipe lines OF the National Refining
Company, the local independent refinery,
the Manhattan Oil Company, bought com
! paratively little oil and there paid no more
than was paid by other companies, classed
IA Standard allies.
President Cuthbert admitted under fire
Of vigorous quest oning by Attorney Phelps
that the Manhattan Oil Company TOOK
messages from the Ohio Oil Company over
the private telegraph lines of the Buckeye
Pipe Line Company. He was compelled to
produce the stock ledger Of the Manhattan
Oil Company with the records Of the last
annual meeting, where he voted ,495 shares
OF the company's stock through authority
Of his power OF attorney.
He stated that these shares were held 10y
: the General Industrial Devel opment Syn
dicate, Limited, Of London, England, but OF
the company he. could tell nothing, not even
the name Of the president. He said that
J. ". r. Francis of London was the treasurer
and W. W. johnson, secretary. His cor
respondence had all been with one or the
other.
Efforts were made by Attorney Phelps
TO develop the fact that Mr.. C~uthbert's
father, John VI. Cuthbert, WHO died three
wears ago, had been president of the Indiana
Pipe iii Company, q branch of the Stand
ard. Cuthbert said the Manhattan Refinery
Mt Galatea had been disposed OF before he
became president. He declared ignorance
of the present ownership of the refinery.
Several warm tilts between the attorneys
developed during Cuthbert's examination
At the first question. to which Cuthbert
replied that he was president of the Man
haitian Company. he made demand upon the
court for immunity under the Dever law
reading his formal demand from a type
written slip. He pleaded shat ans wcring
would tend to incrimlnate him.
The immunity order was formally entered
and the examination proceeded.
Completing its line Of documents ry
evidence, each feature Of which was vigOT-
ouslv opposed by the defence, the prose-
Cution finally succeeded to-day in bringing
this chronological chain o an end.
After the State had won in the all i'm
poTtant question ff int Producing the Gel
tificate Of the charter amendment Of the
New Jersey corporation increasing the
directors from three to nine, and barring
as such directors the men who had been
the ~liIuidat!ng trustees in Ohio, other
steps in the trust procedure were outlined
in turn. First came the record of the in
crease Of the capital stock by SiOO. 900. OOO.
Then came copies Of annual reports Of the
Standard Oil Company. the Solar Oil Com
pany and the Ohio Oil Company. filed with
the Secretary Of State of Ohio under the
Willis law. each being made ont by the same
person from the Standard Oil Company
offices. "a Broadway. New York.
similar reports to the auditor Of the state
of Ohio by the Buckeye Pipe Line Company.
under the Willis law also from 20 Broadway,
were introduced. Then came the intro
duction Of certified tax returns filed with
the Auditor OF Hancock county, for the
current year. from all four companies, each
being signed by Theodore NJ, FOWL Of 20
Broadway.
J. II. Scott, purchasing agent for the
Buckeye Pipe Line Company, and NJ. C..
Shafer, oil inspector for this district, were
summoned for the prosecution to-day.