The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-09-18

ing.
The evidence. which will be gathered
here by Frank B. Kenogg. special prose-
cutor for the government, viii be intro
dueed in the st. Louis suit, which was
brought against the Standard Oil Com
pany Of New Jersey and seventy other
subsidiary corporations by Attorney Gen
eral Moody last November. 10 secure the
dissolution Of the oil trust because Of its
imputed violation Of the Sherman act.
The hearing was set in New York be-
cause Of the proximity of the central Of
ices Of the Standard company and the
immediate availability Of the books and
records Of the concern September s was
10 have been the opening day Of the hear
Ing. but on the plea of the attorneys for
the company that the documents and
compilations Of records sought by Prose
cutor Kellogg We're not ready, the inves-
1igation was postponed until to-day. At
the opening Of the session Mr.. Kellogg
announced that all the requisite data had
been placed in his hands by the com
Pany's officers.
Seven Lawyers in Case,
The Standard Company was represent
ed by John g. Milburn, chief counsel
who represented Z. Il. Hartman in the
recent investigation into his railroad af-
fairs IN this city; N. F. Elliott. general
counsel of the oi1 ,,r,-,,.,.. -,
johnson, of PhilsdelDbIa. and Holm
.F
Morrison. OF Chicago,
a case
lie an
docdy's
oc the
ay,
] COM
trust
carr i0F se'e'' from
1sfS. he SAID that IN that time the com
ldhy gross prohts increased from $2tD'-
''-'o-V u F''l'Os4'ooI- he SAID mat What-
0'e' 'L'i ease III 'le p'ol'S OF the com
Pa"s 'leIe Hls"' nave beeA' was derived
AioiH 1-e Increased earnings or nineteen
suD'l0'd'S Soilp"i-ies' III "Alch the stand
ara haG a controlling interest
Such increased value in the corporate
stock was treated by the holding cOrpor-
alton as an asset. and such increase was
not computed in the statement OF total
profits, In the Standard Oil Company
OF Indiana, which was recently fined
S29.24o0 90 by Judge Lands at Chicago, the
Standard Oii~COmpany owns $3.50 shares.
said Fay.
Three Vftnesxes Ftaord
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Renadict one of ,ba i,,co~rora+--. %
the Manhattan oil Cornanv ana C,,srIas
N Fav assistant conrtroIlar of ths
Standard cornnaoy ,-ar, tba ttra. ,,-f+
nesses examined to-day Zvesl,,, II Tu-
ford and vyiIliar, e. u-,l,,fsll,. - =,
.be co,,r+ roo-, o. "a 60. -. 81
nrograss of The avsr,j1stior NJ 80
TELLER and Wade t5o-,p+o,, Mill ~,
he called N tas,if,, +o-r,,-~,,,,,
Mr. Kauoe,r, esi5 +ro+ II II ro,,.-s, .
orted i1Dess ,.,o,,I7 - -. .,-,.,,
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.oo,drs .5,,I7 -, =, ~.
7t.-.-- 80
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,ae-1n ~ Law tba tour5stio- 80 fo- 10 bis
1bseauent line of ouestionjne, today
when he ran afoul of the mystery con
cerning the whereabouts Of the records
of the old Standard OH ComDany of
Ohio. and Of the trustees in ljouidatiop
who reorganized the concern after the
dissolution of the trust in Ohio In 1Sq9
The prosecutor asked Fav the acting
comptroller of the oil companv p0int
blank if he rouId produce those records
and If he knew of their existence
s.,a o,a rt.v,- ,,.n,o
Have you ever seen the DOCKS OF
records Of the Standard Oil Company
prior TO the time of your incumbency in
1892" asked Kellogg.
IT may have; am not sure" replied
Fay. There are some old books over in
the vault of my Office that never looked
into. It is possible that they are the
ones Won want"
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