The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-10-21
JOHN D. RUSHES TO
STOP WAR ON
OIL TRUST
STANDARDS LEADER HIMSELF
ASSUMES COMMAND IN HIS
LAST STAND.
MORE SUITS ARE COM INC
To Follow the One Just Decided
Against Trust at FindIey--At
torncy General Plans to Keep
After Rockefeller.

After Rockefeller.
| Cleveland. O., Oct. 20.The hur-
ricd arrival of John ID. Rockefeller in
Cleveland, coincident WITH the an
nouncement that Attorney General Ri
lis soon will begin proceedings In
Ohio against the Standard similar to
The action taken against the Northern
Securities Company, is taken by indie
lpendent oil men and others fntereeted
the Flndley trial to mean that the
trust is now preparing to make last
sand here to protect It's interests,
| 1t Is believed that Rockefeller IN
pers II will direct the Standard
forces in combating the effort 70 fnrce
Iit to retire from the state as trus
| Oil men declare the Fndlay verdict
and the coming action to be begun
means the end Of discrim natioa
against mall oil dealers in Ohio
Hides From lnterviewers.
Rockefeller, since his arrival here,
cannot be interviewed. In fact, caller
were refused admission the
grounds. 1t is known he Ii hero hoR.
ever, nd that he left his Eastern es,
tate as oon as t was evident that the
Findlay jury wotid return a verdict
unfavorablo to his company
The attorneys for the pfoaenHi n
are oyerjoyed at the outcome cf ne
case. They declare that they have NJ
fear but that the higher courts will
not question the jurisdiction tao
Findey cour'
Standard Oil attorneys were dlsap
pointed at the verdict. However. they
expressed the hope that the superior
courts would annul the vordiet on the
points upon which the appeal viii Da
lnaas
Pre-cm nent among the results Of
the conviction Of the Standard for viz
lation Of the Valentine antitrust act
viii he the early filing o. pc ition in
the Ohio courts which viii brt9g into
issue tho identical question upon
which tia United ates supreme
court ruled in It's decision in the
Northern Securities company case,
Within the next ten days unless
here is a change in the plans. At
orrcy General Ellis will 70 to Wagh
ng; on for a conference with Attor-
icy General Moody. Ellis will take
With him transcript of the most
damaging evidence adduced In the re-
.ent trial of the Standard here He
will submit this 10 the United States
Ittorney General as conclusive proof
hat the Standard oil company of New
ersey Is doing just what the North
rn Cecurites company was prevented
rom doing. The Northern Securities
ompany was prevented by the decis-
Dn Of the United States court from
'wning, controlling and voting the
took Of other corporations in the
thef states
Evidence Shows Trust Control.
The evidence hero is conclusive
bat the New Jersey corporation owns
he controlling stock in the several
ubsdiary companies in this field and
as been controlling their policies by
aving this stock voted by proxy au-
uallt.
When 1t geemed almost assured that
iere would be a disagreement in this
use the plan Of bringing this new
'tion was discussed ami decided up-
}. United States Attorney John J.
Illivan. OF Cleveland. has been ex-
'cted 10 20 to Findley early in the
eek. His non-appearance left the
-osecution in doubt of the intentions
the government officials.
Il was urged upon the Attorney Gen
al that he personally go To Wash
gton and lay the case before Att1r-
y General Moody. II was argaei
AT If the government was really Ia
rnest the state bad i1 hand evidence
At would make their case virtually
sured Of victory. n the In ted
ates officials displayed an indinef
ce then the plan would be 10 Die
G suits here
The only question thai bothered The
rsecution was that of jurlsdicti n.
ich had not been Investigated. Il is
" held that such a case can BE
'ught in the common pleas court
ough inju1ction proceed ms TO en-
p he New Jersey corporation from
ming. controlling or voting the stock
The several subsidiary companies
rating in Ohio The rough draft
such a petition is already in exist
p here
is highly probable that the Al
hey General will draft such a Pc
1n- Whether either viii be hlei
depend entirely upoa the result
his expected early conference with