STANDARD OIL, ACTION AGAINST THE TRUST.
BIG PROFITS. J. D. ROCKEFELLER'S ADMISSIONS., By Telegraph.— Press Association.— Copyright. (Received November 20, 9 a.m.) NEW YORK, 19th November. Mr. John D. Rockefeller, in the ■ course of an action brought in the Missouri Courts with, the object of dissolving the Standard Oil Trust, testified that he owned a quarter of a million of the Trust stock, and derived an income of three miffioti pounds sterling therefrom. He denied coercing other tom-n panics to sell their stock. .llq(watr.ds the close of last year tihe, action was commenced for an injunction against the continuance" of the company and to annul its charter. The Bill was filed in the District Court of Missouri, and the directors named are John D. Rockefeller (whose shares last year were worth 24,769,200 dollars), William Rockefeller (1,170,000 dollars), Henry M. Flagler (3,050,000 dollars), Henry li. Rogers (1,602,000 dollars), Oliver H. Payne (4,000,000 dollars), and John D. Archbold (600,000-dollars). A large number of other suits are also pending in the various states.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXVI, Issue 121, 20 November 1908, Page 7
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