Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-06

pany of New Jersey, the position being |
purely honorary one, for the past 8 |
or 10 years. He had not taken part in |
the affairs during that time. The out
standing capital of the company he |
believed is about a hundred million. |
The business of the Standard. generally |
speaking, was the production of oil. |
Attorney Miller made frequent objec |
tiOns to the line of questioning, but !
the judge Uverruled in every instance. |
Not in Office for 10 Years.
Rockefeller said it had been s or 10
years since ne had been in the office of
the Standard company. and he couldn't
ANSWER a question as to the general bus
mess of the company without study
of its charter. He said he did not know
whether the Standard of New jersey
controlled or was interested in other
rCfinerics.
1T may be So" he said, but l do
not know"
In reply TO other questions. Rookie
fcllCr said he could not say that the
company had any other business than
iLIliitsN Oli, anu tDIlb llbl SdN tNdtiiN
what the dividends of the Standard
were for 1908. but they were approx
mately 40 per cent.
Does Not Care Ahout Origin
This concluded the questions of
Judge Landis, District Attorney Sims
asked if the witness were FAMILIAR with
the circumstances surrounding the for
nation of the Standard Oil company of
Indiana.
Il don't think L care for that" said
Judge Landis. What officers of the
Standard Oil company will be able to
give me the earnings of the Standard
Oil company in 1862"
Il think possibly Mr. Archbold or
Mr.. Pratt"
That is all for the present" said the
court
| Gets Connection OF Companies.
| c. NJ. Pratt, secretary Of the Standard
lOf New Jersey, was then called. He
was questioned regarding the amount
of the dividends paid by the company,
and was then asked if the Standard of
New Jersey owned stock of the Stand
ard Oil company of Indiana. He said
it did. large proportion of it, and also
to a large measure of the Union Tank
Line company, but couldn't state exact
ly how much.
Could Not '-cII.
f. NJ. Stanton, superintendent of the
car. department of the Alton railroad.
was asked if he could tell what monies
iwere paid by the Standard to the Alton.
Witness said he couldn't give the in
formation. Following the testimony q:
Stanton attorneys Of both sides enter
ed into a long discussion regarding
rates and tariffs. When it was conclud-
ed Judge Landis asked attorneys for
the defense if they desired to introduce
any evidence in the case. suggesting
they take every care 10 see that such
)! evidence as may seem of importance
{ to the defense should be submitted
r Attorneys said they would take the
: suggestion under advisement and in
t form the court as to their intentions
Monday.
Ends the Investigation.
t This ended the investigation. and TIL,
Q court room was cleared. No forma
e announcement was made that the in
= iquiry was ended, but Lands said i'm
il mediately after adjournment the in
5 vestigatiOn was concluded as far as h,
> was personally concerned and that tn,
II witnesses were discharged.
Marks Exciting Chnntcr
The final acceptance by Rockefelle
n of the subpoena issued for him b.
e Judge Landis and his agreement to al
ii pear in court today marks an excitin
II series of events in Standard Oil lit
e cation and the final chapter of tn
search for the oil magnate When tn
a government last August secured the il
dictment of the Standard Oil compan
y of Indiana for having accepted rebate
le from the Alton railroad company. neitl
Ill er United States District Attorney Sim
nor the attorneys representing tn
Standard interests anticipated Rock
II feller could be called as a witness i
~ the case.
le Seeks to Make Fine Equitable.
NJ After a hard fought legal battle b