Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-09-26

From the Directors OF the Standard
Oil Company to It's Employees and
Stockholders" The pamphlet is being
distributed not only to those to whom
it is addressed, but strewed broadcast
among oil consumers. 1t is given away
through dealers with the sale of Il gal
Ion of oil
Alleges Persecution.
The pamphlet, a summary of which
was published a month or more ago,
deals with the $29,24O,0OO fine imposed
upon the Standard Oil company of In
diana by Judge Landis. In "A Word
in Advance" it alleges that the Stand
ard Oil company is the victim of a
persistent and adrOit attack on the
part of the federal authorities
Then follows statement by James
A. Moffett, president of the Standard
Oil company of Indiana. in which he
defends the 6-cent rate attacked by tine
government.
Jury Bribing Charged.
Findlay, Ohio, Sept. 2G.-L. B. VIII
hanson was arrested yesterday on an
Indictment charging him with attempt
ing to bribe Charles f. Thompson. a
juror III the case of the state of Ohio
against the Standard Oil compauv.
which was tried here last June. Mrs.
charles e. Thompson said Williamson
approached her and asked her to per-
suade her husband to disagree and hang
the jury. The final vote of the Jury was
to opposing conviction.
Dig Up Hidden Evidence.
New York, Sept. 2G.-Some Interest.
ing evidence that lay almost hidden
in a voluminous schedule of oil tariffs
submitted to the interstate commerce
commission by the Standard Oil com.
pany was unfolded yesterday at thu
hearing of the federal suit against the
so-called trust when Calvin NJ. Pavne
vice president of the National Transit
company, took the witness stand e
tell about the various pipe lines of tn.
oil combine over which he has beer
supervisor. The schedule shows thai
tariffs for the transportation of crud;
oil by the Standards pipe lines arc
fixed at UnionviIie. which is on tn;
state line between New York and New
Jersey, and Center Bridge. located or
the New Jersey Pennsylvania sta;t
line.
stations Were New.
Frank h. Kellogg. conducting Tn
federal action, asked Mr. Payne !
IrnionviIlo did mot cpriDo int, o,ic+
ence in 1906. when the Hepburn bill
which provides that common carrier
must publish tariff schedules, becam
a law. Mr.. Payne testified that Unio.
vile loomed geographically in TIL
summer of 1906 while he was abroaj
The governments counsel further de
veloped that at UniOnville the pip
line of the National Transit company
carrying oil from Olean. n. Y, an
other. western points, connected wit
the pipe line of the Standard Oil con
pany of New Jersey. and that at Cel
ter Bridge the pipe line carrying tn
oils of various other pipe lines TO tn
seahoard connects with the pipe lin
of the Standard Oil company of Ne
Jersey.
Shut Out independents.
Mr.. Payne said that as the lines {
these companies ended at UniOnvil
and Center Bridge. the tariff sche
ules are fixed for those points. NJ
Kellogg sought to show that no ind
pendent could send oil to the seaboal
over those lines, because rates cou
not be obtained from those points
the seaboard Mr.. Kellogg said tn
the Standard would not publish rat
on its line through New Jersey, al
as a consequence independents we
shut off from tide water.