Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-09-24
OIL COMBINE STILL
ASSIGNS TERRITORY
TO ITS ASSOCIATES
Assignment Clerk of New Jersey Cor
poration Testifies in the Waters
=. Pierce Suit.
LITTLE CHANGE IN METHODS
Outside Business is Divided Among
Former Subsidiaries.
CONTINUES TO DOMINATE TRADE
Cross Examination Shows Little Real
Competition.
CASE MAY YET BE REOPENED
LITTLE CHANGE IN METHODS
Outside Business is Divided Among
Former Subsidiaries.
CONTINUES TO DOMINATE TRADE
Cross Examination Shows Little Real
Competition.
CASE MAY YET BE RE0PENED
Government is Closely Watching the
Testimony in Waters-Pierce Suit
Against the Rockefeller
Corporations.

NEW YORK, Sept. 23.-The Standard
Oil company of New Jersey is still as
signing sales territory to oil refineries
of its former subsidiaries outside of its
, own territory, according to testimony
given today at the hearing of the
rs-Pierce-Standard Oil litigation by
Kenneth Adams, assignment clerk of the
New Jersey company.
Adams was asked series of questions
by S. NJ. Fordyce Of st, Louis. counsel
for the Waters-Pierce company, in line
with the latter's contention that there is
no real competition among the various
Standard Oil companies.
DO you receive stock reports Of any
refinery other than refineries Of the
Standard Oil of New Jersey?" Adams was
asked
Not that know off, was the reply.
"Have you assigned stations or terri
sory to reflneries outside Of the territory
of the New Jersey company"
Yes" said the witness. ..
Samuel Untermeyer, counsel for the
lWaters-Pierce interests in the litigation
with the Standard Oil company, was not
at his office today when the hearings
were resumed and it was understood that
fhe had gone to Washington for con-
ference with government officials relative
ito the possibility of reopening the dis
solution case against the Standard oll
company. Dispatches from Washington
said the government was closely watch
Ing the situation.
Mr.. Untermeyer has sought to show
In his recent cross examination OF wit
.nesses that the Standard Oil company
still dominated it's former subsidiaries
AS he is also counsel for the government
in the so-called money trust investiga-
tion however, it is possible he had been
summoned to Washington for a confer"
ience concerning that matter.
3 Untermeyer Talks with Taft.
+ WASHINGTON, Sept. 2S.-Samuel I'm
termeyer of New York, attorney for the
house money trust grand jury IN
vestigating committee and for the
Waters-Pierce Oil company in its fight
with the Standard. conferred with Pres
ident Taft at the White house offices
today. Reports that the government was
watching developments in the Waters
Pierce suit surrounded the conference
with interest.
Later 1t was said at the White House
that Mr.. Untermyer and Edgar II. Far
rar, also of counsel for the Money
trust committee had asked President
Taft to permit the Money trust" com
mittee to draw upon the government de-
partments for certain information they
want to use in connection with the
Money trust investigation
It was said Mr. Taft asked them to
submit specific requests in writing and
promised to decide soon if he could grant
them. 1t was said that the Waters
Pierce Oil litigation was not discussed.
No engagement had been made for Mr.
Untermyer but he was admitted I'M
mediately to the presidents office.
though Mr.. Taft had refused many en-
gagements because his time was so oe-
cupied.
1t has been reported that testimony
developed in the Waters-Pieree case
might be used by the government as q
basis for investigation Of how the
Standard Oil company is carrying out its
decree of dissolution. Contempt of court
proceedings have been reported pending.
1t ins known, however, that Attorney
General Wickersham has been receiving
a stenographic copy Of testimony in the
case and giving to 1t his personal atten-
ton. 1t has been understood that the
government had been investigating cer-
tain specific complaints against the
Standard Oil company. but any purpose
of reopening the big trust case was dis
claimed by officials