The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-07-07

Chicago. July G.--John ID. Rockefel
Ter, president Of the Standard on
Company OF New Jersey. occupied the
witness stand in the United States
district court today while Judge Lam
dis pleI him with questions regard
ing the financial rength and the
business methods of his corporation.
Rockefeller was very will ug and
yet equally unsatisfactory witness. He
was ready to tell all he knew, hut he
said that he knew practically nothing.
The net result Of his examination was
that no believed that during l9034-5,
the period covered by the indictments
on which the Standard Oh Company
of Indiana was recently convicted the
net profits of the Standard Oil Com
pany OF Now Jersey were approx
mafely 40 per cent OF the outstanding
capitalization of $l00.900,0oo
The investigation held today by
Judge Lands was instituted by him
for the purpose OF determining whe-
ther or not the Standard Oil Company
of Indiana, convicted of violation of
the law was really owned by the
Standard Oil Company Of New Jersey.
and whethe- the Union Tank line
whose cars were used for the ship
ments made in violation of the law
was similarly owned, and also to OBJ
tain an idea of the financial resources
of the convicted corporation in order
to inflict a fine proportional TO the
offense and assets Of the company.
ii was stated by officers of the
Standard Oil Company Of New Jersey
that 1t owned the greater part OF the
stock of both The Union Tank line and
the Standard Oil Company OF Indiana
and specific figures as to the earnings
of the parent corporation were gwen
by Charles NJ. Pratt, its secretary,
and they were close to the estimate
given By Mr.. Rockefeller.
Cries For Help in Crowd.
The prospective appearance in court
OF the man reputed TO be the richest
man in the world, brought about a.
spe tacle. the like of which has never
before been witnessed In the In the
vicinity of Chicago court room. The
crowd was so great that the large
SQUAD OF United States deputy mar
shals under the direction OF United
States Marshal Hoy, and a numerous
detail of police were unable, at times,
to control it. The crowd was so
dense that frequent cries for assist
ance were heard and the people
damned against the wall franticaliy
begged for relief from the pressure
to which they were subjected. Adj
mission TO the court room was by
card only. but many people succeeded
in evading the guards, and when
Judge lands took his seat upon the
bench the court room was packed 10
the last inch. People were lined
around the walls. dozens of chairs
held tko occupants, every inch of
standing room was occupied, and men
saI upon the steps of the jury box
and squatted upon the floor.
Even after the court room was filled
the crowd became so heavy and so
insistent that Marshal Hoy was COM
PEELED to telephone to police head
quarters for further assistance. This
was promptly sent and from that time
on the crowd was held in control. In
side the court room perfect order pre-
vailed at all times. except at the inn
mediate opening, when Judge lands
threatened to clear the room it abso-
lutte quiet was not preserved.
Objections overruled.
At the opening of the hearing the
attorneys for the company made a
number OF objections to the proceed
ings, but all of these were overruled.
Frederick A. Wann, former general
freight agent of the Alton railroad.
was called and questioned regarding
the oil rates from Whiting, Ind, to
East st. Louis. He said that he had
issued instructions for 10 cent rate.
Harry f. FELTON,, president of the
Union Tank line. was the next wit
ness. He said that the Alton railroad
company paid to the Union Tank line
company three quarters of cent for
haulinghauling both loaded and empty