New-York tribune., 1907-09-03
STANDARD UP TO-DAY.
FIGHT TO BREAK TRCSI.
Testimony in Big Suit To Be Taken
Here.


Postoinc9 .a-+ ~ make a start in the taking ot
".aa me-. ,n the suit brought last December ID o.
,- n cor1pel the dissolution OF the o1 -
- &c nossih4e however, that the cay Aia'
..,o,-+ q single witness being called. as 1t =
..ol,, ,,evoud expectation that tile @ Aoi -.
- 1,,e-s retained TO defend the OH 1ruS'
' .+-,ose affections locking TO further post
orernent of the hearing 49,
-re evidence will be heard heIore tx
,--t,,, Ferris q prominent lawyer OF 81 hou4s.
zrho vas appointed special examiner oy N.o -.
e.ates circuit Court for the Sth Circuit IN WHICH
..-,,- -,-aZyine for the dissolution OF tne coni-
- VAS fled Frank B. kellogg, or 81 faul'
-bo acted as chief oatechist OF Edward n. F1a4i
-. IN his examination before the interstate Noi"
60 commission in this city several months ago
4n he the leacing attorney for the government
1-, him are associated Charles b Morr1soh'
:. c,;caro and J. H. Graves, of the Department
Of Justice ~ ,--r Ter
,sesides the Standard Oil Company Of New & |.i
., which is referred to in the government oi'
-, hill in the suit as the parent company aoou.
,,.n+x Of its subsidiary corporations are Haii -
= Accountants These include the StahoaTu C
,o-nnanies Of New York. Ohio. Indiana, Iowa ar
.o-nia Kansas Kentucky. NeoraShA ailA -
so4a Another Of the corporate oefenoaH'S Aall,- 49,
ss the water-Pierce Company OF MISSOURI
-s-s+ions in the oil industry and whose conleNt 80
- -. Standard oil combination have alrea"S
e,--,ad the basis OF suits in Missouri ana IeAae
Resides the seventy or more corfoI4 4'i . -
-,anipulations of trade in petroleum siu i'9 -,
,,c.s the governments attorneys VIII ny 10 P-N
e-,,rnt 70 z monopoly Of the heid' IN ue-i -.
the Sherman antitrust law. seven OF ' ,'i5,,aI
o+sci.ls of Standard Oil are named aS lNU- -
7e4andsnts These are the two RockeIeiieI9'
n end William: Henry H. Rogers John u A.. ~,
bo,s Henry N. Flagler. Oliver II taS- -
-s,.-les NJ Pratt These names Go not lllaAe ~
-, 81, s,,ectors+e of the parent oil company 'il
standard of New Jersey. but they incluoe Itost
.he -nen who have been most actively ana us
-,-,roinentIv identified with Stanoard Oii
during all the period Of its history - ba
Neither MI Kellogg nor Nj MoTrlson C'C -,
,;l.s On YESTERDAY TO give categorical deilai
10 asked II any Of the were among NloSo
suhnonsed 10 appear and give testmohy Oel0ie &c
examiner but II is practically certain 'tl"' -
government viii do everything In lts po"eR " 90
s,.l = stem IF the proof of the cornolnauon 10
,.-,1 +.,e oil Industry in this country can he
made strong enough without their eF1oenoe' Al &c
eS,ir,a+ion of Mr Kellogg and his associates 10
make il practically certain that the sPeclal
-,i,e- will report 20 the United States circuit
(,o,,-- in St Louis that the evidence ~f-rrallS
.-.sI m attempt will be made to have them Ap-
near as witnesses. II the government can pIoSe
t.s case against the company. II is certain iL1'
,r,irsl prosecutions will follow, and the sleclay
selected officials Of the stanoard oll coI1l,S
chen have 70 face fight TO avoid the psnaLIy u
,r-isonment should they be convicted OF con-
spiracy. . II,
Il Is known that over score Of witnesses VII
Ne r-esent IN the Postof1ce Building this morning
-ben snecial Examiner Ferriss begins the pro-
- -rT,e;- identity the government officials
5ec,ine5 IN disclose Yesterday Opposed TO the gov
ernment's three attorneys viii be p galaxy oI law
,,,-x 5o have represented the oil trust in preFi-
Gus litigation. Among those on hand will be NJ r
rJIott. John C. MlIburn, Martin Carey, W /
rau,is of This city: John c. Johnson. Of Phia-
deiphia: Virgil P. Kline and Moritz Rosenthal' OF
Chicago; ex-Judge II s. Priest John D. JoAHsoh
and George ". Enstead Of St Louis; Henry L
EsE
ace n. Hawkins. Of Denver; W j. Mckie OF Cor
sicana- Tex, and Greer. Minor & Miller. Of Beau
mont, Tex.
The case is considered of such prime importance
in the governments campaign against the trusts
that the continuation Of he inQuistton into I'd
ward H Harriman's handling Of the Chicago &
Alton Railroad has been temporarily sidetraoked
70 permit of a start in the taking OF testimony
Only such witnesses are within the jurisdiction
Of the United States Circuit Court for the Second
Circuit which includes Vermont Connecticut and
New York VIII be subpenaed 10 appear IN this
civ After the examiner has completed the in
quiry he viii take dispositions in various cities
Of the country where the courts have jurisdiction
70 summon witnesses whose testimony is needed TO
tell the story Of what the Standard Oil Company
is and how il came TO be what 1t is When the
testimony all in the special examiner Will make
his report the Circuit Court for the Eighth Cir
cult. The governments attorneys have hope
that the taking OF the testimony before the special
examiner VIII be enceu DeioEe 4 year ana IL may
take much longer before Il lis decided whether the
will have plead in court
The beginning Of the study Of the history and
methods OF the Standard Oil Company made
early IN the summer Of last year, when Messrs-
Morrison Kellogg and Graves were especially dele
gated by the President to undertake the task The
III Of complaint fled in ST. Louis in December
last, but the Standard OH Company's attorneys
made every possible legal objection delay
and it not until about month ago that the
special examiner appointed.
Even should the government be able to make
beginning to-day in taking of testimony. II is
unlikely that the sessions here viii be ended within
= fortnight Messrs. Kellogg. Morrison and Graves
Eeid three hours session yesterday in the Post
Office building in final review Of the field.