The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-12-02
CONNECTS S|BLEY
WITH OIL TRUST
INTERESTS
JOHN D. ARcHeoLD TEsTIFIEs
THAT Pennsylvania CON-
GRESHAM WAS MANAGER OF
SIGNAL OIL CO.

NEW YORK, Dec. 2.-When John
d. Archbold again tool the witness
stand before Referee Ferriss today
to have Trust Buster" kellogg wiring
from him more Standard Oil secrets.
he seemed to be In anything but a
happy mood.
Mr.. Archbold was clearly worried.
The first questions that were put by
Mr.. Kellogg were answered by Mr..
Archbold with snap Of his jaw and
look OF defiance.
MI. Kellogg took up the examination
where he had left OF yesterday and
asked Mr.. Archbold to tell more OF
how the Standard Oil had brought out
independent concerns In various
states and operated them as such
when they were really part Of the
trust
Mr.. Kellogg began his cross-exam.
ination this morning by asking Mr..
Archbold what the percentage OF
Standard OIL business was In 1873
when the first trust agreement was
MADE. He asked him whether IL was
95 per cent as II. II. Rogers had tes-
tilted before the Hepburn committees
Mr. Archbold replied that while the
percentage of Standard OIL business
was very large, he did not know ex-
actly what II was.
Mr.. Kellogg attempted to get the
witness to commit himself as to what
was the percentage of the Standard i
business now. but Archbold saw the
trap before 1t was sprung and avoid
ed II.
The prosecutor then dived into the
records and brought forth q trans.
cript OF the testimony given by Mr.
Archbold In 1888. The witness could
rot remember giving II but said that
II he had testified at that time he had
told the truth.
Mr.. Archbold resorted to AFFECT and
unequivoGs% ignorance today. When
he was asked when the Standard
bought the Globe Oil company. he re-
piled that he did not know. Asked
what percentage of the oil business
the Standard controlled them. he said
he had given no percentage. Asked II
the Globe was the largest independent
competitor OF the Standard, he said
he couldn't remember.
Mr.. kellogg asked the witness about
the Signal Co. The witness replied
that the Signal Co. was acquired by
the Standard in 1879 and that 1t was
organized by Standard OIL Interests
with the Galena OIL Co.
"Who was the manager OF the Sig
nal Co. ?" asked the prosecutor.
"Mr. Joseph c. Sibley." responded
Mr.. Archbold.
Mr.. Archbold stated that the Signal
was engaged In the manufacture OF
signal and lubricating oils. In answer
to a question, Mr.. Archbold admitted.
that the Signal Co. and the Standard
were competitors before the merger.
The witness stated that when the
Standard bought and merged the Sig
nal and Galena companies the same
old managers, namely. Joseph c. Sib-
ley and Charles Miller, were left In
control.
Are they still the managers" ask
ed the prosecutor, and the witness re-
piled: They are"
This was decidedly trying day for
Mr.. Archbold and his testimony about
Sibley created surprise. 1t was to
Mr.. Sibley that some OF the letters
" hich were read by William Randolph
Hearst in the last campaign were In.
dicted.
Mr.. Kellogg made the witness ad-
nit that $14.000.000 worth OF watereo
stock was thrown on the Standard
OIL Company Of New Jersey, when IL
was capitalized. When the special
prosecutor was asking these questions
Attorney Moritz Rosenthal, of the
Standard legal forces, persisted in
Directing and putting in with explana
tiCns