Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1907-10-01
INSPECT OIL
TRUST BOOKS
PROSECUTORS BUSY DURING
RECESS
Investigation Develops Fact That the
Thaw Family of Pittsburg Owns
More Than 5000 Shares of
Standard Stock
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Sept. 30.-Frank B. KEEL
logg. the governments counsel in it's suit
to dissolve the Standard Oil company. re-
turned today from Washington, where he
went Saturday to report progress in the
case to the president and Attorney Cen
eral Bonaparte.
The hearing In the case will be resumed
Thursday, and meantime the govern
ment's representatives are going over
such books as the Standard Oil company
has placed at their disposal and other
wise preparing for a resumption of the
case.
The statement was made today that
some new evidence regarding the govern
ments contention that the present Stand
ard Oil company is really a reorganiza-
ton of the old trust has been discov-
cred. 1t had been believed that 1t would
be necessary to call to- the stand Henry
M. Flagler, secretary of the old board
of liquidation trustees, to clear up this
point, but it is said that such course.
in view of the new evidence, will not now
1 be pursued. fsl
Another examiner 1t is announced will
be appointed in few days by the Mis-
souri, court to sit with Examiner Ferris
in the taking of testimony against the
New Jersey corporation. The duties of
to the testimony relating only to rail-
road rates on oil and rebates, which are
alleged to have been granted to the
Standard during it's fight against indie
pendent oil operators.
The two examiners will sit together at
every session of the hearings after the
question of rates and rebates is taken,
up, owing to the fact that much of the
testimony will necessarily be fragmen-
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trust question will be placed upon the
record during the same day.
More Hearings Planned
The hearings herewith probably last at
least two and perhaps three more weeks.
Testimony will also be taken in Wash
ington, Cleveland, Chicago and st. Louis.
This shifting of base for the hearings is
made necessary by the fact that the gov
ernment> subpoenas can only compel wit
nesses to travel 100 miles to attend the
hearings.
The list of Standard Oil companies
stockholders submitted last week by
John G.. Milburn of counsel for the
Standard Oil company shows that the
Thaws of Pittsburg are heavily interest
ed in Standard Oil. A block of several
hundred shares is held in trust for Harry
Kendall Thaw. The name of his mother
also appears on the list as holder OF
more than 1000 shares, worth in excess of
$4,000. Eight members of the Thaw fam
lily own among them over 5000 shares.
CHICAGO, Sept. 30.--According to his
counsel, James A. Moffett. president of
the Standard Oil company of Indiana.
will tomorrow give evidence to the
federal grand jury which will justify the
statements made by Mr.. Moffett to the
effect that other shippers in the neigh
borhood of Whiting, Ind, have been as
guilty of rebating with the railroads as
the Standard Oil company.
AS to the Standard OIL company of In
diana it is sad the evidence WHICH will
be given by Mr.. Moffett will result in
the summoning of numerous other wit
nesses and cause the government to pro-
coed against several other corporations
which will be named.