Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-14
WILLIAM c. IS CALLED
"Brother Bill" May Explain in
Standard Oil Suit.
IS TREASURER OF COMPANY
Thought to Know About That $32,
100000 in Loans.
KELLOGG ANXIOUS TO FIND OUT
No Other Member of the Rockefeller
Family Will Be Put on
the Witness Stand.

the Witness Stand.
NEW YORK, October 14.-T'!e an
nouncement that William G. Roc ke tclier,
Company of New jersey. has been noti-
fed by Frank Il. Kellogg. special assist
ant attorney general, 10 he in readiness
to testify before Examiner Ferriss either
suit seeking to dissolve the New Jersey
corporation under the Sherman antitrust
law has been received with interest.
The appearance of Mr.. Rockefeller as a
witness will mark the initial appearance
of any member Of the Rocke kefeller FAM
| lily on the witness stand In this city since
the taking of testimony began IN the
Federal building. He will be asked to
| $32, 900 O90 was lent by the Standard Oil
Company of New York last year, over and
above all money loaned or transferred to
Standard Oil interests.
|
assistant treasurer OF the New Jersey o.
| holding corporation, is treasurer of the
Standard Oil Company of New York, and
Mr.. Kellogg thinks that he should be
| without troubl.
| While William G. Rockefeller has not
| u share of stock in the Standard of New
| Jersey appearing under his own name he
| has for many years been actively inter-
! sted in the affairs of the company. Dur
| ing the first two weeks of the hearings
before Examiner Ferriss Mr.. Rockefeller
visited the courtroom every day and lis
| tened attentively to the testimony. OF
!ate he has remained away.
| 1t is likely that no other member of
the Rockefeller family will be called as a
witness by Mr.. Kellogg, for he decided
\ d fortnight ago that he would not sub
poena the individual defendants III the
case unless absolutely obliged to.
Loans to Mcdonald.
| Alfred H. Braina:d, controller of the
Standard Oil Company of New Jersey and
many of it's subsid AIRY companies, was
questioned today, when called as wit
/
oil combine, concerning large loans made
10 James Mcdonald by the Anglo -Ameri-
can Oil Company Testimony was given
last week that the Southern Pipe Line
Company had loaaad over $20.00O.G40 to
Mr.. Mcdonald and that the books OF the
company showed that 1t had never been
paid back. Mr.. Brdinard said that he was
the American secretary of the Anglo
| American Company, and that Mr.. Nc
Donald was the managing director in
London. He was asked concerning loans
made by the Angola merican Company of
81, 21GO6 in 1868, and 81 ,427.9O7 in 1906 to
| Mr. Mcdonald. Mr.. Brainard said that
| the loans had been ordered from London
and that was all he knew about them.
us it not fact that this money was
furnished to Mr.. Mcdonald that he might
hold either the Manhattan Oil Company
OF Ohio or the Security Oil Company of
lTeXas?'
| Il do not know" replied Mr.. Brainard.
Mr.. Brainard was asked concerning the
| loans made by the Southern Pipe Line
Company Of over $20,000,000 to P. S.
| Trainor
Mr.. Rockefeller May Know.
Mr.. Brainard said that it was likely
| that Mr.. Trainor reported his losses to
the Standard Oil Company of New York,
and that the Southern Pipe Line Com
pany reimbursed the Standard Oil Conn
L
amounts to the account of P S. Trainor
| Mr.. Brainard said he thought these
| losses were incurred by Mr.. Trainor in
| the purchase and sale of Oil. Mr.. Brain
ard said he knew nothing about the
loans made by the Standard Oil Com
pany of New York. aggregating s32, ,761,-
$50, in 1906. to Interests other than
Standard on He said that account came
| to him from the treasurer's office Will
| liam G. Rockefeller might know some
thing of the loans, the witness said. Mr.
Brainard said he did not know where
| the transfer book of the liquidating trus-
| tees, which Mr.. Kellogg has been de-
| sirous of obtaining, could be found.
| MIR. Bra1nard was excused and Hamp-
ton G. Westcott first vice president of
the Standard Oil Company of Kentucky,
| took the stand
Mr. Westcott said the Standard OIL
| Company of Kentucky was engaged in
selling oil in southern states, and that
each month the main office of the COM
pany at Covington, KY. sent him a state
ment of business done by the Standards
| competitors. These statements gave the
name of the cCnsignor, consignee, the
amount Of oil and car numbers. Mr.
Westcott said these statements were
turned over to a statistical department
in the Standards Office in this city.
Proposed Reorganization Of Co.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
PITTSBURG, October 14.-One of the
first steps in the reported proposed re-
| organization of the Standard Oil Com
pany will mean the concentration of the
| natural gas interests of the Standard
under one company, with Pittsburg as
the headquarters. The Peoples Natural
Gas Company of Pittsburg, it is declared.
| is to be used as the nucleus of a great
new organization, with New Jersey
charter and capital Of $100.00O,000. It is
stated that in Pennsylvania, West Vir-
ginia. Ohio and Indiana, the Standard
900 consumers. The Peoples Company
| of Pittsburg now has about 10000 con-
| sumers, and is now reaching out to
| Johnstown and the populous Conemaugh
| valley. 1t was bought several years ago
for about $5,OOO,O0O. and since then the
Standard has been extending it as