The bee. (Earlington, Ky.) 1889-19??, 1908-11-26
HIS MEMORY IS VERY POOR
Has Interest in Mexican Line, hu2
Can't Tell What II Is Called
Owns Stock in
Seven.

the various transactions Of the on
Trust since 1882, the date wherel
Rockefeller was allowed to stop
Whether Rockefeller viii be recalled
depends, it is said. upon the facts OBJ
tanned by the governments inQuisitors
| from Archbold.
On what probably win be his last
day on the witness stand In the gov
ernment's trustbusting YroceedipgS
against the Standard OIL comranys
John d. Rockefeller appeared In the
court after Referee Franklin Ferrisa,
Ave minutes late, Monday, Rockefeller
was much crestfallen over the fact
that he was late.
81 believe can truthfully say It Is
the first timO in my life that have
been late in keeping q business an
gagement. II grieves more than
can say" he declared.
Rockefeller did not offer any
reason for being late. 1t is thought
his automobile was tied up By the fog-
The richest man in the world wore an
overcoat that was old and frayed
around the collar. AS usual, he took
it OF, placed it under the referees
desk, smiled at the reporters and
then mounted the witness stand. HIS
cross-examination by Frank G. Ksk
logg then proceeded. A
HIs Railroad Stock.
Rockefeller testified that he owned
stock in the following railroads.
Lackawanna, New York Central,
Pennsylvania, Western Marylana,
Missouri Pacific, Texas Pacific, ire
preferred Erie, Colorado S0uthern
and a railroad In Mexico. He owns
no stock in the Union Pacific OK
Southern Pacific.
kellogg began: "Mr Rockefeller. I
notice by an exhibit furnished to the
government by the Standard OIL Com
what purports to be a true lie. OF the
stock Of the Standard Oil company OK
New Jersey in 1899, and In aubsa-
Quent years, in exchange for stock "a
the said company; and in that list
there are large blocks OF stock Arse
issued in your name. l suppose this
was done for the sake Of cOnvenieneo,
but / would like you to explain For
instance, Of the various iGGUsB 81
blocks of 10000 and $4,000 there 10
credited to you 44a.Ts7 shares out o.
q total of 9s3,SS3 shares. assume
you did not originally Own ala tA@
shares that were recorded tn your
names?" 81 did not own anything
j like as much as 3S2,7g7 shmea-''
He Puzzles Kellogg
'The others were issued to you to
turn over the ownerf' If found an
owner or holder Of shares In th~
Standard Oil company OF New Jersey
and If holders Of small fraOaxaR
shares in the other companies could
find holders Of shares in he Ssgrdagd
Oil company Of New Jersey, those
shares were turned over to me.''
Kellogg looked very puzzled over
this answer, which, however had not
been finished, Mr., Rockefeller cont
tinued ~'-rSl...sstf &c ~ 'i'sasss
u see here long list l have n0tl
seen such list before. have hadI
nothing to do with the affairs OF the
officers in those years, and so cannot
make any other answer
Generally speaking, there were.
large numbers of shareholders In
these 20 companies who held the stock
that was not distributor" Il should
say there were . feYs,.n. 1, 50
THE people who held the trust CIR
tificates eventually exchanged them
for shares in the Standard Oil com
pany OF New Jersey?" Each hoIdes
OF trust certificate Of the Standard
Oil company Of Ohio got q paper trom
the liquidating trustees which enabled
him to obtain from the company HIS
proportioDate number Of shares. ana
these he could exchange for stock OF
the Standard Oil company Of New
Jersey that had to be done that way
How many stockholders were
there, so0O?" Il don't know"
Rockefeller said he did not handle
the trust certificates, and had nothing
whatever TO do with any transfers OF
certificates. He could not remember
how many shares Flagler owned. o.
whether Flagler had transferred cor.
tihcates owned by him to otner par
ties
His Memory Falls Him.
Rockefeller could not remember
having had negotiations with Scho-
field. sehenner & Field Of Cleveland
IN 1875. He knew seine kind OF an
agreement had been entered into be
tween the Standard Oh company %
Ohio AID the Cleveland frm. whereby
the output Of that refinery Was limitsd
10 $4,000 barrels q year. but did NOT