The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-09-17
HEARING IN ZIG SUIT RESUMED
IN NEW YORK TODAY.
COMPANIES CONCERNED
Standard and Seventy Smaller Cor
pora,ions Are Named As Defend
ants TO Suit-Auditors Pre-
sent Books.

Cial examiner, the government suit
against the Standard Oil company
to have the trust and seventy
subsidiary corporations dissolved as
Illegal concerns was resumed today
In the federal building. Judge Fer.
riss has warned the attorneys for
the defense that there must be no
further delay, and it Is thought that
the taking OF testimony will now
proceed without another postpone.
mcnt. During the present hearing
the oil company will produce state.
ments from all its books. including
Its old records, and it Is thought
that the secrets OF the monopoly
will be barred as they have never
been at any previous court hearing.
From these books the prosecution
expect to get facts that will sub.
stantiate the charge that the oil
company has carried on It's opera
tions I'm violation OF the Sherman
antitrust law.
Among those subpoenaed to pro
duce the records are Henry VI. Flag
Ter and Wade Hampton. the latter
being general auditor OF the COM
pany. This subpoena called for the
production OF the following records:
Books OF the trustees OF the Stand
ard oil company. under the agree
ment dated January .. 1882. and the
amendment thereto. dated January
4. 1882. showing for the full time OF
its existence, and the proceedings
at the several meetings OF the said
trustees; the books. records and ac.
counts kept hy the said trustees, or
under their direction. showing all
stocks. bonds. and other securities
OF corporations and limited partner
ships held by said trustees under
the dates OF receipts OF the same,
and the final distribution and dis.
position made by said trustees Of
said stocks and securities; record
books OF the liquidating trustees Of
the said oil trust, showing the pro-
ceedings of said trustees in liquida.
ton at the various meetings OF the
date OF the commencement of said
liquidation. March 81. 1892, until the
trust was completely liquidated and
showing the process OF liquidation;
books or other records OF the trus.
tees In liquidation, showing the per
son to whom the evidence OF owner
ship in the property represented by
the said trust was issued in ex-
change for trustees certificates pre-.
yiously held by chem, and showing
the quarterly amount OF interest so
transferred, and the amount OF In.
lterest as acquired In che various
constituent companies by such trans
fers or exchange by each person.
4 subpoena has also been served
demanding the appearance at the
hearing OF Samuel A. Brown, presi'
dent OF the Tidewater Pipe company,
commanding him ito produce all the
stock books and ledgers showing
the ownership of the corporations
capital stock; also certain agree
ments made on October 9, 1883, be-
tween the National Transit company,
the United pipe Lines and the Tide
water together with other agree.
ments made about the same time
between the Standard oil company
OF New York, the Standard oil COM
pany Of Ohio, the Standard oil COM
pany OF New Jersey. the Ocean Oil
company. the Chester OIL company
and Ayers. Lombard 4 company.
These agreements, It is alleged, ar
ranged for a division of the oil bust
ness.
William G. Rockefeller. together
with Wesley G. Tilford, treasurer Of
the STANDARD Oil company OF New
Jersey and others is direct TO
produce the stock books and stock
lcdgers showing the names Of the
owners Of Standard stock; all books
showing stocks, bonds and other se-
curities owned or held in trust by
the company, all certificates OF sock
OF other corporations or limited part
ncrships held and records slowing
all securities acquired since Janu-
AIRY /, 1899. Numerous alleged agree
ments between the Standard OIL
company OF New Jersey and other
concerns throughout the country are
also among the records demanded.
The examination of records will
cover the operations OF the oil trust
for twenty-five years and will un.