The Sentinel=record., 1912-09-20
TWO WITNESSES
 HAVE DISAPPEARED
c. N. HIGGINS AND w. R. KING WANTED TO TESTIFY CANNOT
 BE LOCATED.
Both Men Were Solicitors for the Standard oil Company of New
 York, it is Said.

New York, Sept 19.--Two witness es, directors of the Standard Oil Com pany of New York, wanted by counsel for the Waters-Pierce Oil Company in defending an action brought by Stand ard Oil interests to obtain con1rol of the company, cannot be found, 1t de- yeloped in testimony taken today The men are c. N. Higgins and w. R. King. whom Samuel Untermyer, coun- sel for the Waters-Pierce company is anxious to examine @ determine to what extent the Standard Oil Com pany of New York competes with other subsidiaries of the dissolved Standard '5ii Company of New Jer- sey. MT. Untermyer contends thas the dissolution of the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey was farce and that no real competition exists.
 Higgins and King were described on the stand today by R. c. Veit, secretry of the Standard Oil Company of New York, as men who solicited business for that company in competition with the Standard Oil companies of Ohio and Indiana
 MT. Untermyer brought out through Mir Veit that the Standard Oil Com pay of New York transported oil on the great lakes for the Standard Oil Company of Indiana and the Imperial Oil Company Ltd, of Canada, both for merly controlled by the now dissolved com pany.
 How is it that your company doesn't transport it's own oil on these lakes instead of transporting it for oshers?" asked the attorney.
 We baye no oil to transport on the lakes" said the witness.
 Mir Untermyer then caused Veit to admit that his company had refinery at Buffalo, which could be connected with the lakes by three miles of pipe. line at the cost of approximately $50,- 900.
 Yes, butswe are making plans to start building that three miles of pipeline" explained the witness.
 But you have no. actually started it yet and the dissolution decree was handed down nine months ago." com mented the lawyer. veit denied that his company limited it's territory. MT. Untermyer dwelt a long time on the election of the officers and di rectors of Veit's company in an ap- parent effort to show that the cleo. ton will be dominated by the same interests that controlled the Standard Oil Compay of New Jersey. After Mir. Veit had produced a list of the ten largest stockholders of his com pay, including John D. Rockefeller Charles Pratt. III. M Flagler and the estate of H. H. Rogers, he was asked who suggested the names of the off. cers of the company. including himself as secretary.
 T cannot remember" said the wit ness. Asked what is the salary of President H. C.. Folger, the witness said he did not know and didn't feel interested to know"
 Do you think as a director of the company it is none of your business to know what the officers salaries are?" MT. Untermyer asked.
 "Yes sir"
 "Whose business is 1t on behalf of the stockholders to protect them in the matter of salaries of the president and vice president?"
 q don't know"
 MT Untermyer tried to show that a man named Drejger, whose former duty it was to keep track of the stocks Of oil held by the various sub sidiaries, was still performing the same duty.
 Tt is thoroughly understood" Mir veit declared, that Mir. Dredger has now no business to keep track of the stocks of any other company but the Standard oil Company of New York. :"