The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-06
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Government Confident Of Getting
Some Game by Grand Jury
4s8f l3I in Chicago. I.
LARGE NUMBER Of s /. / \ e! Is;
Refinery liz Indiana Believed to,
Be Center Of Lake Shore
s33ss Roads Relating. 81

CHICAGO. August 5.-Thcs spccial Fed
ernl grand ,E1dry summoned 34t iiiy|estis
cato tho Standard OIL Company will be
sworn III Tomorrow and tho g verti-
mont attorneys ex press thehsolye -. COM on
fidont Of obtaining Indictments They
AFRO sure the cleveland experience will
not be repeated N
Attorney. General Moody Is In personal
charge OF tito prosecution. Under his his
instructlons DIRE Special Attorney Gon-
eral Oliver 10. {pngln, District Attorney
John -. Sullivan, Of Cleveland; Assist
ant District attorney Hanchett, OF Chi
cngo, and X Special Agent a y 7. as CT Ri M.
schindler,of tho Department y Of " Com:
r1erce Isl Scliindler worked 4 under Car
field u III the Standard OIL ton,
ana liz Ii expected to be- valuable III
outlining EVIDENCE showing whore res
bates were pnid and informing the Jury
where such evidence can BIO obtained.
Much Secrecy. q
THAT part Of tho Cleveland case which
referred to 1.-THE robating Of storage
charges Is familiar to District Attorney
Sullivan S The charge Of the govern
mei,t Is that rebates were paid to tho
Standard BY the Lake Shore and Nfichi-
gan Southern Railroad. I. IA &;
MI "A b large number Of subpoenns Will be
issued, but names arc being carefully
guarded, for fear tho witnesses will take
flying trips to Canada, as q number dd
jim tho packing cases. Owing to m tho
proximity Of l;5the Whiting, S3 Ind, re-
|Rfinery, the government Is certain that
this is tho district where traffic origins
tied Il upon which either rebates were
paid or there was rate discrimination.
Three OF the witnesses subpoenued are
Henry c. Barlow, former president OF
the Evansville and Terre fIattte q all
road r. p. Austin. acting auditor Of tho
Evansville and Terre Haute Snilroud,
and John J. u Duck assistant audttor#of
tho Chicago and Eastern illinois RI IL
roal |. The Evansville md .rerre Haute,
1T Is claimed, SIS largely controlled 81 BY
II Standard OIlaInterests. Mr. Barlow vas
Isalso traffic manager OF the w isconsin
Central Railroad. which, y is saiu, IS
practical lily owned by the 81 Standard n O i
| Company "A f3f5 8y3{s D s5g
Il. II tho grand jury does not look % pod
s. to the government II plan is held IN re-
I serve which conte,nplatos obtaining evil
| zdencc In any way possible, and then fill
! ing .informntioIs ir the United States
District Court nEt'hst the oil co on 81
and the railroads.
Charges to Be Brought.
Special Counsel 9Pagin Is trying to- dis
cover whether the government may bring
charges Sof monopoly or5 SiOint lon Of the
lFantl-trust laws against tho oil company,
Under these laws, II a conylctions,is$ OBJ
|}tnined. ohni&D. Ri oc!sef !lert A and other
officials offs ON any may be gent to
jail for ono 5ypa r. .5 III NJ
D work 81 REPAIRING the evidence
Hill the dlscrmlna ton and storage g
hate charges rs almost completed. There
us dno imprisonment provision for these
toffenses, but q fine from $1,000 to $40, 100
can he inflicted for each offense.3
Minor officials will be given Immunity.
but this does I, not mean "ba III" for
the corporations, for u q corpora ton can
nov. be indicted though some Of its off
cials IRE given Immunity.
In order to \: Investigate violations Of
tho law before the red'a:s.irtng Of the
Northern Illinois district, which took
place three years u age, j! another grand
| Jury has been summoned for August til.
This body will be taken from IN the 'Jss old
district ss