The evening world., 1912-05-27
John D. ACTIVE
|NSTANDARD0|L,
SAYS SECRETARY
Witness Declared He Ordered
the Proxies Voted in the
Waters-Pierce Company.
NO MINUTES ARE KEPT.
Secretary of Standard Saws
Directors Keep No Record
of Daily Conferences.
NO MINUTES ARE KEPT.

III was brought out to-day ~ the TAX
ing OF testimony IN the fight between
the standard OH Company and the
"aters-P'crce Company. for the con-
trol Of tho latter. that II was at the
personal instiEation Of John. d. Rookie
Teller that voting proxies were solicited
for use At the annual election Of tho
watcrs-Pieroe stock oiders IN Ct. Louis
on Fob. 10 last
Charles T. white. secretary of the
Standard OIL Company. under e1am,na.
ton by Samuel Untermyer. attorney
for ahe Waters Pierce inierests. said
that he had been asked by James A,
Moffott. vice-presldent OF tho STANDARD.
to obtain proxies. and that Mr. MofYc,,
told him !, was at the personal direction
Of Mr.. Rockefeller.
The secretary told most OF the stock
helders whom he asked for proxies that
Mr.. Rpdkcfcller wss behind tho move
ment and he was successful In every
ono Of his solicitations. This happened
long after tho announcement Of Mr.
Rooksfeller's withdrawal and was
brought out In support Of tho contention
a tho waters-p<erce people that the
Rockefeller influence and activity In oil
AFFAIRS are unebatcd and that II was his
design to obtain control OF the smaller
corporation. In spite Of the Supreme
Court decree Of dissolution.
Ut was expected that John y. Rookie
Teller would testify to-day. a. he was
subpoenaed Friday. but his personal
counsel. Nelson Murray. explained 20
Mr.. Untermyer that his client asked a
days notice to como down from Pocan-
tico. He will probably appear before
a. L. Jacobs. the Commissioner. to-
morrow. John ID, Archbold. President
Of the Standard OIL Company Of New
Jersey. will also testify. The hearing
10 being held In Mr., Uniermyer's Of
Ace. No 81 Wall street..
The light Tor control Of the Waters.
Pierce OH Company. which 10 one Of
the httersst In the History OF oil do
vslopmsnt IN ph's country. dates from
. meeting Of stockholdcrs In 81. Louis
on Feb. 10. On this occasion, uotwith.
standing die Rockefeller interests own
q per cent. Of the stock, two inspec-
tors Of election. appointed by Henry
Gay Herce. refused to count the proxies
representing Rockefslier and his asso-
oistes. Their claim was that standard
OIL 10 trying TO control the former sub.
sidiary corporation and that this 10 On
violation Of the dissolution order of the
supreme Court. Tho Waters Pierce
people cay the Standard OH monopoly
IL s,iil In sxlstsuca through q systsm
Of intsrlocs<ing directors.
RockEFElLEN CLAIMS NJ CAN
eERvE A. DIRECTOR.
The contention Of Mr. Rockefeller ana
MS associates Il that thsrs 10 nothing
Ia mo dissolution order preventing
them, ~ individuals. from serving "A
directors OF the companies which were
presumably made Independent corpora.
lions.
John ID. Rockefeller owns Sss ahare.
OF tho Waters-Pierce stock, the mn rkc,
value OF which Is N.sSo q share. WIN.
lam Rockefeller owns 4. shares, John ID.
hockefeiler lr. two shares. the General
Education Board 10 shares and the
University Of chicsxo 1. shares
After the meeting ut which Henry
Clay Pierce was reelected chairman OF
the board. Clay Arthur Pierce. president,
and Andrew H. Finley. president.
tho Rockefeller interests obtained n
writ OF mandamus to compel the In
spcctors TO count their proxies. Testi-
mony was taken in IT. Louis ana tho
hearing now In at the Instance Of the
watsrs-iterce people.
The first witness was Charles r,
White. secretary OF the Standard Oh
Company VI New Jersey, who al
most staggered under tho weight
Of great volume which he tes-
titled contained the minutes Of the
meetings Of the directors and stock
holders OF the Standard OH Company
since It's inception In 1889. MIR. In
| termyer asked him II there was an
executive committee OF the directors.
! hut Nc said he had no knowledge OF
such committee. lie said. however.
! that certain directors of the corpora
I ton met every day At II O'clock, for
! merly In room No, 1900 and now In
! room No. 1900 AT No. &c Broadway, and