The Washington times., 1908-11-19
Fairy Godfather" Gives
Thrilling Account of Its
Success.
HIS LIFE HISTORY
MODERN FAIRY TALE
Under Attorneys Gentle Nursing,
John d. Unfolds Story of
Countless Millions.

NEW YORK, Nov. lv.-John d. hocke-
feIer, SOFT voiced, almost purriug,
/ fatnerlys amiable. smiling, and Cneer-
+ fuI, continued 10 unfold Jne uuwruJeu
history OF the standard on on Jne nftu
/ moor OF the new Custom House today,
/ ana as he told now It uad piled up its
| millions On millions, ana llgu some more
mIliiOus, the sJOTy grew stranger than
/ Dumas Monte CusJO,' and almost as
4 thrilling.
John o. MilburHs one Of the Standard
/ Oh lawyers handled the richest man it
/ the world. ana the head OF the richest
I trust as teuueTy as he would have
/ haHdled prlucely infant ia swaddluE
| CLONES. The lawyer ASKED HIs questions
/ in voice mat Was almost as SOIL as
| the answers gwen.
/ IL Was al seuue setting for a beau
/ uIuI, peaceIuI LaIry tale-a tale in
7 which poor, hard WORKING but honest
yOuJH borrowed &z.yyJ ana from tuis
/ e-,yvJ DuAueu a mountain OF god. All
/ because uo was 50 honest, so Iatr 10
| the other producers OF OiI, 50 Ialr 10 all
/ buyers OF OH, from the widow VINO pur-
chased enough IOT her cruise 10 the rail
road president who needed tens OF
I thousands OF barrels 70 keep his ma
| cnInery creased.
Makeup" Not Good.
When Mr.. RockefeUer. came into tb,
courtroom today. making about as much
noise in his so1t-soled shoes as tbe ems
tom house cat, he did not look the fairy
godfather exactly, but those VINO heard
the beginning OF his story believe him
rla fairy .r.TFarEa- - a.
and today he is not expected 10 deny il
either.
The richest man iu the world had
NICE easy time today. ar. AIiIburn saw
10 tnaL IL was a real nursery scene.
and the Buffalo lawyer was the uurss.
Tomorrow, perhaps, the scene VIII
change and Mr. Kellogg. the trusl
buster. viii take charge.
MI Kellogg was q most interested
listener today. He has a fund OF in
formation about the Standard oil Com
pany on which he bases his suft 10 dis
solve the New Jersey corporation Mr.
Kellogg viii not wear siIkeu gloves
when he takes Mr.. Rockefeller in hand
II IS expected he will use a prod. and
there is no question but that he v,u
dig deep-dlg 10 the very vitals. RBr
tomorrow IS tWeuty-fOur hours OF and
Mr.. Rockefeller Is a philosopher. The
sins of the day are sufficient unto me
eVi thereof Is the opinion of RIr.
Rockefeller, and he is not yvorr,-f1s-
ABOUT what will follow when NJ Mil
burn is through foudling him and
smoothing out his path.
Courtroom Crowded.
The court room was crowded when
MF' KockeieAer squirmed his way from
the corridor ana took the seat he "a
yesterday. with MS back against fba
waH and MS hands outstreLched on a
table
he talked in the same convincing way.
Occasionally he hesitated for an instant.
as though searching memory for dates
or other facts.
Although MS voice was high and AZ
times quivering, Ike that Of an Old man,
his every sentence could be understood.
and there was that constant smile
The hearing was transferred today
from the small room in which II has
been held heretofore to the room Of the
United States Civil Service Commission
on the same floor OF the building. This
room is three times as large as the
former, and had individual desks for
the accommodation OF lawyers, steuog-
rsphers, and newspaper men The gen
eTal public. was not admitted.
MIR Rockefeller walked from the
Standard OH building al 26 Broadway
10 the custom house, ocross Bo1gIin-
Green. The room was filled with news
paper men when he entered He looked
the rUon over and said. This is bet
ter place than We had yesterday"
Dir. Rockefeller wore a son ewhat long
cutaway coat and he carefully parted
the raised daIs, and looked atteutive.y
at his lawyers.
Examination Begun.
Mr.. Milburn began his examination i'm
mediately.
Mr.. Rockefeller. asked you yester-
day about the uncertainty of the oil
business Ia the late sos and the early
50s and you ventured certain causes
for these uncertainties. and now wouId
like to call 10 your attention 10 whether
the uncertainty ia connection with the
raw material and crude oil supply had
any bearing" he began.
1T had, Of course, a very important
bearing" the witness replied, mot only
in the early history, but ever since. ana
it always has continued so. so long as
We do not know when this suppIv may
at any time give out, in which event
these properties for the refining of oil
may become comparatively valueless'
Q--In the period to which L refer
was the area in which oil had been
discovered very limited2
A.-Yes. il was confined 70 d very
small area comparatively.
Q.-Could you indicate that a little
closer2
Al do not know that I could give
the exact area.
Q.-Well, was it confined to one or
two cOuntieS2
A.-VenangO county was virtually the
only county though the field bOrdered
over into one or two other counties.
ON those earlier years Of the F7gs
there had been no discoveries Of oil ont
side of that area in Pennsylvania
A.-That has been my recollection. I
am certain that we did not get g15r
supply from any other field
Q.-TalS.ng conditions as they were
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