Arizona republican., 1907-07-07
THE STANDARD OIL GO.
 IS AN OIL PRODUCER
Ali Least that Is the Understanding of John
 D., a Rank Outsider.
His Testimony Before Judge Landis Yesterday Was Freely Given But Less Elucidating Than Had Been Expected.

court room and shown to a seat to the left of the judges desk. There was considerable excitement among the crowd and some confusion resulted from the efforts made by all the spec tators to obtain quick view of him. He looked around with some curiosity for a moment and then commenced a whispered conversation with one of his attorneys.
 The marshal approached and asked: "Are you comfortable here. Mir. Rocke- feller?"
 Perfectly. thank you. am all right" he answered.
 William Rockefeller. who had been sitting behind his brother. came for ward in response to a signal and sat by John D. John ID. Archbold sat beside William and grouped around them were | C. NJ. Pratt, secretary of the Standard Oil and William P. Howe; c. F. Bar stow, assistant treasurers of the com pany. Charles T. Waite. assistant sec retary: J. A. Moffat. president of the
 Standard Oil of Indiana; w. P. Cowan. vice president and T. Stahl, secretary treasurer of the same corporation Oth-
 CT witnesses in the group were w. E..
 Melton. president and William Hutchi-
 son. secretary and treasurer of the . Union Tank Line. Fred Wann, former
 freight agent of the Chicago and AL
 ton and a number of attorneys com
 pleted the group.
 Before the hearing began. Judge Lam
 dis disposed of several other matters. among them the sentencing of several prisoners for violation of the postal laws. MT. Rockefeller showed great in- i terest in the proceedings. listening in- tently to every word.
 ' When the Standard oil investigation ] case was called attorneys for the com
 pany stepped forward to Judge Landis'
 desk. Here Attorneys Miller and Ros- enthal began an earnest plea that Mir. i Rockefeller be excused from the stand.
 They explained to the judge that he could give no information that could nos |, be better obtained from other sources.
 They declared that he could in fact. tell
 nothing of what the judge desired to know. The judge however. refused to vacate the subpoenae and insisted that MT Rockefeller take the stand and tes- : tify to the best of his ability. Attor- neys for the company offered the ob- jection that the proceedings were en-
 tirely outside the jurisdiction of the court. The judge overruled the motion. MT. Miller then declared that the de- fense objected to every question put to every witness during the proceedings. The court replied. Every objection is overruled."
 Frederick A. Wann, former general ! freight agent of the Chicago and AL ton was called and questioned regard ing the rate at which oil should have been shipped from Whiting. Ind. to East St. Louis. The witness replied
 that he had issued instructions for a ten cent rate. After some further ques- tions the witness was excused
 MT Rockefeller's testimony was as follows:
 MT. Rockefeller" asked the judge. have you any connection with the Standard Oil Company"
 '.I am president of the Standard oil Company of New Jersey" said Rocke- feller. deliberately. My position is purely an honorary one. and has been
 for the last nine ar ten years" he re-
 sumed '1 have taken no active part in its affairs during that time" What is the outstanding capital