Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-01-18
INDICT STANDARD
OIL 939 TIMES.
Subsidiary Companies and
Officials.

FINDLAY, O., Jan. 15.-The report
of the January panel of the Hancock
county grand jury, made last night, con-
talns 939 separate indictments against
the Standard Oil company of New Jer-
sey, the Standard Oil company of Ohio,
the Ohio Oil company, the Buckeye Pipe
Line company, the Solar Refinery COM
pany, the Manhattan Oil company, John
D. Rockefeller, H. H. Rogers, Wesley
Tilford, John D. Archbold, Frank O..
Barstow. William Rockefeller and f. T.
Cuthbert
They are charged with being members
of trust for conspiracy against trade.
If Hancock county wins in each case
fines may be assessed aggregating $685.
! 100000. There are 525 words in each
Indictment, or total of 452,975 words.
Each case will be docketed separately
and the county clerk and sheriff's office
will be swamped for some months to
come.
Sheriff Groves and his deputies will
begin at once to serve copy of the in
dictment on each of the defendants.
Gist of the Charges.
The indictments charge the Standard
Oil company and its subsidiary concerns
with being members of a trust and COM
binatlOn of capital, skill, and acts, for
the following purposes:
To establish restrictions in trade and COM
merce.
To limit and reduce the production of
petroleum and it's products.
10 prevent competition in the production,
sale and manufacture, transporting and
vending of petroleum and it's products be-
tween themselves and others.
To fix at common standard figure the
price OF petroleum and its products to the
public and the consumers.
Gets Around Fee System.
The indictments are based on the Val
entine antitrust act of Ohio.
Prosecutor David said that he pur-
posely held off action until the salary
law with county officials became effect
i've, as he did not wish to run up a big
cost bill which would have resulted I'M
! der the old fee system.
When the report of the grand jury was
filed Prosecutor David, on his own mo-
ton, nolled indictments returned last
September against John D. Rockefeller,
NJ. q. Villas, j. NJ. Robertson and H. 2.
Mcintosh, the last three named being
officials of the Standard Oil company of
Ohio.
Move in Federal Case.
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Jan. 15.-United
States Circuit Judges Sanborn, Hook
and Adams issued on order fixing Janu-
airy 30 at the date Of hearing on the mo-.
tions filed by defendants in the suit
Standard Oil company and its subsidiary
companies, to have the court set aside
the subpoenas in the case.
The motion was made on beholf of
John D. Rockefeller, Henry H. Rogers,
John D. Archbold and others. Clerk
Gray of the United States circuit and
district courts received q letter from At
torney General Bonaparte, requesting
that the trials of suit be expedited.
Packers Lose Arkansas Suit
LITTLE ROCK, Ark, Jan. 15-The
Arkansas supreme court handed down
an opinion in the test case of the state
against the Hammond Packing company
! for alleged violation of the Arkansas
antitrust law. Upon this decision rest
| suits filed by the state against all the
| other packing companies of Chicago and
Kansas City. The Hammond company
was fined $4,000 in the lower court
The opinion is of far-reaching impor,
| lance and the case will be appealed to the
| United States supreme court.
Master Plumbers Are Guilty.
JEFFERSON, O., Jan. 15.-Members
| of the Ashtabula Plumbers association
| pleaded guilty to indictments charging
them with violating the Valentine anti
trust law. Five of the members were
fined $50 and costs and three $50 and
| costs.
Claims Big Vessel Trust.
NEW YORK, Jan. 15.--Violation oil
| the Sherman act forbidding combinations
| in restraint of trade is charged in a suit
against several steamship companies run
ming to South Africa and their New
York agents, brought Monday by Thorn
as & Co., of this city, exporters. The
| plaintiff seeks redress in the amount OF
| $46,6S0, three times the amount of dam
ages alleged.
The defendants are: Union Castle
Mail Steamship company, Cayser Irvine
& Co., Donald Currie & Co., Bucknal
Steamship lines, Hansa Steamship Nav
| igation company of Bremen, Barber &
! Co., Norton & Son and Funch, Eyde &
| Co.
The plaintiff and other exporters were
| forced by such conditions to pay exces
sive rates, amounting to $1,5O0,0O0, it is
charged.