The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-09-25
OIL MAN
DON'T KNOW
Squire is Cross-Examlned by
Kellogg
NEW YORK END OF HEARlN 6
The Case Will Be Resumed in Chicago
The Greatest Mass Of Testimony,
1t Is Said, Ever
Taken.
NEW YORK END OF HEARIN {

(. New York, Sept. o5.--The hearings
IN the STANDARD Oil suit came to TEN
norary close yesterday after Mr.. hel-
logg and subjected Mr.. Squire to one
of the hottest ross.examinations ne
has ever given one Of the Standards
witnesses. The fact that MIR. Spuire's
memory appeared 20 be deheisnt ~
some things Mr.. Kellogg expected him
10 know about seemed greatly to irri-
tate the governments lawyer. Mr..
Kellogg began his cross-eNamination
bv asking If the Standard Oil company
81 New Jersey did not own all the
stock of the Standard of Ohio.
"All except five or six shares, ] be-
leve." said Mr.. Squres.
where are the re6neries OF the
Standard OF New -Jerseyl" asked Mr..
| Kellogg.
Il don't know" said the witness.
Haven't you been enc Of the leading
men Of the Standard Oil company OF
Ohio for twenty years. asked Mr..
kellogg !,
"Yes.a said tine witness, Il have"
But he said he couldn't remember about
the refineTies.
Then the governments lawyer want
| cd to know ii there were independent
fefneris at Martha. Ohio Mr., Squire
said he did not know But afterward
upon suggestion of Mr.. Kellogg he con
| shifted list OF Independent retineries
II showed that there were two indie
pendent refn6,ies at Marietta. The
. T. f,,r,,ta Nod hu Alr
Squire contained The names OF about
thirty independent reRneries.
"Do YOU know Of any other indepen'
dent refineries except the ones con
tanned in this list asked Mr.. Kellogg
"No others. to my personal knowledge
said Mr., Squire.
Have YOU ever heard that th'
Standard oil company Of Indiana be
lonred to the Standard Oil company O
New Jersey" asked Mn. Kellogg I
can't recall that | ever heard it" sai'
Mr. Squire.
Mr.. kellogg seemed surprised at this
, as he thought everyone knew that tn
; Standard Of Indiana was one OF tn
most important holdings of the Nev
Jersey corporation. When Mr.. SPUR
WAS excused from the stand there wa
q conference of the lawyers, and il wa
decided to adjourn the case to Cnieage
where the taking of testimony will b
> resumed next Wednesday The hear
( ings will have to do with the questio
Of transportation. The government
testimony along that line was ina
the STANDARD received special favor
the transportation Of its oil. The heal
ings in Chicago will last about tire
j weeks. The case will then sniff bac
Ia New York. where the final testimon
}. of the Standard Oil company will !
4 taken preparatory to moking its fin'
argument in st. Louis.
No such volume of testimony, it
I said. has ever before been taken
). any case as already has been produce
Y bv the governments suit against 4
b STANDARD Oil company. As to the nun
Der of words. it mounts up TO nearl
4 5000, 600. there being about 1906
pages. averaging close to 300 wor,
each. and they are bound in thirteS
!. volumes. with five volumes Of exhibit
{ These latter, namely, the exhibits, a
Il 20 are remarkable, there being near
5000 pages of them, containing pro
ably 1.7500oo words Every word
the testimony was taken by Robert
e TAYLOR of st. Paul, and by him rel
> TO other stenogrHphers. and by thel
in turn. dictated to typewriters.
i a record which it is not believed \
; Tavlor is likely to lose for some tin
1t Is not to stand at its present statl
however. for the hearing Is not y
o concluded. and may be expected
swell the figures with as great rapid
: as heretofore.