The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1906-10-19
A GIANT COMEDY
All the OIL Companies Of Ohio Are Be-
ing Shown Up at Findlay.

Ing Shown Up at Findlay.
Findlay, o., Oct. 15.-The state will
rest its case against the Standard Oil
company for violation of the Valen-
tine antitrust law tomorrow, salts
fed that it had made a case that is
indisputable. So well pleased were
the attorneys for the state at the evil
dence adduced today in the examin-
alton of the officials of the several
local Standard auxiliaries that they
announced in court before adjourn
ment this afternoon that they would
have but two more witnesses tomor
row when the case would be rested.
score of witnesses subpoenaed will
not be put on the stand.
These local companies officials as
founded even the prosecution by the
the Standard control of their COM
panies. Their testimony showed that
in one instance two directors hold
ing 5000 worth of stock, had voted
the stock Of company capitalized at
$500,000. In another instance three
stockholders holding stock to the value
of $3.50 had voted the stock control of
company capitalized at $2,OJ0,0O0.
Still again three stockholders had
voted the stock of $10,000,000 COM
pany. In each instance they admitted
| that proxies had been voted for stock
held by the Standard Oil company
| of New Jersey, the majority in each
case. F. G. Borges, secretary-treasur
er of the Solar Refining company, of
Lima, admitted that at directors
A. Barstow, each owning one share
Of stock in the company, valued at
$100 share, he had voted proxies OF
the Standard Oil company of New
Jersey covering 1894 of the 5000
shares of the stock of the Solar Re-
fining company.
| e. G. Palmer, superintendent of the
Ohio Oil company, Findlay, admitted
that he had voted proxies covering a
! majority of the capital stock of the
company at the last annual meeting.
The proxies covered stock held by the
Standard Uil company of New Jersey.
! Present at the meeting were two 9TH
er directors, the three holding three
shares, representing valuation of SIS.
John ]. O'Brien, superintendent of the
Buckeye Pipe Line company, owning
one share of stock, admitted that he
had attended the last annual meeting
of the stockholders of the company
and voted together with his one share
the proxies of the Standard Oil COM
pany of New Jersey, covering a ma
jority of the stock in the Buckeye
Pipe Line company. Two other di-
rectors, owning one share each, were
present. F. G. Borges, the secretary
treasurer of the Solar Refining com
pany of Lima, was indeed the states
star witness. He said that he was
making the crude oil purchases now
that were formerly made by w. A.
Barstow of Lima. John D. Archbold
of New York, he said, furnished the
company the prices for which the
: he said, also furnished list of com
panies to which the company might
sell. No other companies were to be
furnished oil save those on this list
| He was a director of the Solar Rein
ing company, along wl.a John D
} Archboid, G.. F. Southard, F. @. Bar
} stow, all of New York; w. A. bar.
J stow, of Lima, and Martin Snyder, Of
| Cleveland. Archbold had never at
| tended a directors meeting to his
} knowledge. Neither had F. @. Bar.
stow, president of the Standard Oh
company of Ohio.
At the last annual directors meet
ing w. A. Barstow and himself were
: the only directors present. They hat
J voted to declare the usual dividend
, He owned one share of stock, each o.
save Archbold, who owned two. HI
save Archbold, VIII oowned two. H,
had voted the proxies of the remain
ing 1894 shares of stock which ar,
lowned by the Standard Oil company
of New Jersey. w. A. Barstow, j. w
McCarty, John c. Donnell, e. R. Cur
tain and others all testified, explain
ing the connection between the Stand
ard and its many auxiliary companies
J w. L. Finley, state oil inspector
will testify tomorrow to the effec
r that the Standard pays all of tn,
, charges for inspecting the oil of sew
, eral companies.