The weekly Corinthian. (Corinth, Miss.) 1894-19??, 1907-10-17
CALLJ.D.' SBRoTHER
ASST. TREASURER OF TRUST TO
APPEAR BEFORE FERRIss.
INVESTIGATE STANDARDS BIG LOAN
Kellogg Wants to Know About the
$32o,ooo,ooo Transaction
in 1906.

New York. Oct. 15.-The announce
ment that William c.. Rockefeller, as
sistant treasurer Of the Standard Oil
Co. of New Jersey, has been notified
by Frank B. Kellogg, special assistant
attorney general, to be in readiness
to testify before Examiner Ferriss in
the governments suit seeking to dis
solve the New Jersey corporation un-
der the Sherman antitrust law, has
been received with interest.
The appearance of Mr. Rockefeller
as witness will mark the initial APP
pearance Of any member of the Rookie
Teller family on the witness stand in
this city since taking of testimony be-
gan in the federal building. He will be
asked to explain why and to whom
more than $320,000,0O0 was lent by the
Standard Oil Co. of New York last
year, over and above all money loaned
OF transferred to Standard Oil trust
interests.
He Owns No Stock.
Mr.. Rockefeller, in addition to being
assistant treasurer of the New Jer-
sey corporation, is treasurer of the
Standard Oil Co. of New York, and Mr..
Kellogg thinks that he should be able
to explain the entire transaction with
out trouble,
While VIM. G. Rockefeller has not
share of stock in the Standard of
New Jersey appearing under his own
name he has for many years been ac-
lively interested in the affairs of the
company During the first two weeks
of the hearings beTore Examiner Fer
riss, Mr.. Rockefeller visited the court
room every day and listened attentive
ly to the testimony. OF late he mas re-
manned away.
1t is likely that no other member of
the Rockefeller family will be called
as a witness by Mr.. Kellogg, for he
decided fortnight ago that he would
not subpoena individual defendants in
the case unless absolutely obliged to.
Spy Bureau Aids Trust.
One of the most startling disclosures
made at the government investigation
into the affairs of the Standard Oil Co.
came Monday when a witness testified
that for several years the company has
had bureau set aside for the sole pur-
pose of keeping down the prices of
rival concerns. The bureau, which
was under the supervision of w. E..
Bemas, an officer of the company, was
given every detail of information con-
corning companies riyaling the subsid-
larry concerns of the Standard Oil by
spies in the employ of the latter cor
poration.
The startling information came from
H. K. Westcott, vice president of the
Standard OIL Co. of Kentucky, He tes-
tilted that he had often made reports
as to the prices of oil charged by rival
companies in his state and that he
forwarded the reports to the statistical
bureau of which Bemas had charge.
After Mr.. Westcott left the witness
stand a government official connected
with the inquiry said;
For years we have known of the
existence of the bureau, but have never
been able to find out anything about
it. When it was created it meant a
beginning of the end for the small of
companies who remained independent
/ regard Mr.. Westcott's testimony as
the most important we have had at
the inquiry"
1t was further learned that the blu.
reau is still in existence and is located
on the sixth moor of the Standard oil
building at &c Broadway. Mr.. Bemas
however, left shortly after the inquiry
was started and is said now to be in
Belgium.