The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-10-15
STANDARD DEN IS
UNEARTHED BY.
KELLOGG
Westcott Sent Reports to rs
Broadway, New York
TRAINoR's LOSS $4,000, Zoo
Dillsent Search For w. E. 6emis Re-
veais That He Is Said to Be Travel
Ing In Japan.

NEW YORK, Oct. l5.-For the first
time In the various investigations d.
rected against the Standard OIL com
pany one of its witnesses admitted
that he had forwarded data regarding
the business of independent oil compa-
MES I'm his local field TO 26 Broadway.
1t has frequently been charged that
there was statistical department. to
which such information was sent, but
nothing definite on Hhe subject has be-
fore been brought cat on the stand.
H. G. Westcott, second vice president
Of the Standard Oil Company OF Ken
lucky, told of sending reports to w. Il.
Bemis. who has an Office at ~ Broad
way. Frank b. Kellogg for the govern
ment in the suit to dissolve the Stand
ard Company of New Jersey at once
wanted to know about the reports.
Westcott admitted that they related
to the business of the Standard OIL
rivals in the Kentucky field, and he
thought they were sent to Mr.. Bemis
in the same way that similar reports
were sent to him by representatives of
other Standard on companies.
Mr.. Bemis, for whom diligent search
was made last year by Attorney Gen
eral Hadley of Missouri, but who could
not then lie found, is now said to bs IN
Japan.
There was considerable surprise In
the courtroom when the first witness
Of the day In seeking to explain an en-
try on one of the balance sheets said
he thought the item represented the
losses OF p. 8. Trainor In the purchase
and sale Of OIL The Southern Pipe line
for the years 1899 to 1905. inclusive,
showed more than $200OO,0O0 charged
up to expense of p. 8. Trainor." Mr..
Trainor last week declared he never
had a financial account with the pipe
line.
A. Ii. Brainard was the witness who
thought the account represented loss
es. MIR. Brainard holds positions with
number of different Standard Oil
companies. He is comptroller Of the
New Jersey, New York. Indiana, Ken
tucky~ Ohio and California companies
and Is either secretary or comptroller
of'several other subsidiaries.
When Mr. Kellogg pointed out in the
baaance sheets of the Southern Pipe
line the item charging more than 500.
100000 to expense, p. S. Trainor," in
the years 1899 to 1905, inclusive, the
witness examined the first entry and
termed 1t missioner"
"P. ). Tralnor reports to the Stand.
ard Oil Of New York." Mr.. Brainard
explained.
"A part of his losses are charged to
some Of the pipe lines. They would
show 1t as a disbursement, but should
not have appeared as an account
against p. :. Trainor. That may be
the amount paid by the pipe line TO the
Standard OIL of New York"
Did p. 3. Trainor sustain losses I'm
the purchase and sale OF oilY' asked
Mr.. Kellogg in surprise.
Il presume So" the witness replied.
why should the pipe line In 1904
pay all Its earnings to the Standard
OIL Of New York -
II don't know"
do you know that those are the
sums paid by the pipe line to the
Standard OIL of New York;"
j could not say positively"
While the witness was sure the pipe
line had paid certain sums to the New
York company In the years in question.
MS books would not show the paw.
ments. He had approved advices for
certain amounts, but the books of the
Standard Oil Of New York, he said
are In the Office of the treasurer of the
company, William G. Rockefeller. and
only In those books would the details
of the transactions appear
Like other witnesses who have been
questioned regarding the loan of So.
125,O0656 in 1905 by the Anglo.Ameri.
can Oil company to its London man.
ager, James Mcdonald, Mr.. Braipard
could give little or no information on
the subject.