Arizona republican., 1906-01-10
MISSOURIAN
 TO BE SHOWN
Whether Rogers Will Have
 to Talk or NOt.
The Oil hagnate Required to do the Showing in Supreme Court Today.

New York, Jan. 9.-The question whether Henry H. Rogers can be conn pelled to tell Attorney General Hadley of Missouri, whether the Standard Oil company Of New Jersey owns or con- trols three oil companies, which are selling oil in Missouri, as separate companies, will be placed before the supreme court of New York state to- niurrow.
 All important questions which Mir. Rogers has declined to answer by ad- vice of counsel in the last three days Of the hearing in this city, were pre-. scented to the supreme court today by counsel acting in behalf of Attorney General Hadley, and the court was asked to order MT. Rogers to show cause why he should not answer them. The court order was issued today, and fl was served on Wm. w. Rowe, cuun- sel for MT. Rogers. while the hearing was still in progress late today
 MT. Hadley said after consultation with counsel that he understood that he Nvould have to be represented by counsel in his argument, but that he hopes to get in a few words before the court The questions are in a di- versity of forms. but in substance, they are connected: Does the Standard oil company of New Jersey. either through itself or any other person or corpora ton, own, hold or control a majorit y of the stock of the Waters Pierce oil company of Missouri, the Standard Oil company of Indiana and the Re- public Oil company of New York;"
 No matter in what form the ques- tion has been put, MT. Rogers has de- clined to answer it. The commissioner before whom the evidence is being talk en is powerless to compel an answer, but the supreme court possesses the authority to order MT. Rogers to be punished for contempt of court If he declines to answer after his being or dered to do so by that court.
 MT. IIadley wants this information to show that the three alleged subsi- diary or confederated companies are monopolizing the oil trade of Missouri in combination, and to induce the Mis- souri courts to order them busted from that state.
 An interesting feature of the hear ing today was an invitation sent by MT. Hadley to Thos. w. Lawson, of Boston, requesting him to come to New York and testify, if he can give any information as the the three companies MT. Hadley is trying to drive out of Missouri. When the hearing adjourn ed tonight, MT. Lawson's reply had not yet been received.
 MT. Rogers again declined, while on the stand today, to disclose the stock ownership of the three companies, and was severely admonished by Mr. Had ley to treat the hearing seriously and not as funny" In reply to a ques- ton, how long he had been connected with the Standard Oil company, MT. Rogers replied that he did not know, and added that he did not think 1t worth while to answer.
 The hearing will probably be ad- journed temporarily tomorrow morning to permit attendance upon the court hearing on the order to MT. Rogers. The subpoena server who has been trying for several days to summon M. Clay Pierce to testify before the com missioner in this case, notified MT. Hadley tonight that he had been un- able to get MT. Pierce, who, he sad, had sailed away on a steam yacht. NJ. Pierce is chairman of the board of directors of the Waters Pierce Oil company of Missouri and father of the president of that company. The sub poena server said that he had pur- sued MT. Pierce and his valet through the suite of rooms in the hotel oc- cupied by MT. Pierce, but that the ell man had locked himself in his cham Der. The server then desisted.
 John D. Archbold, vice president and director of the Standard Oil company. and Wm. G. Rockefeller, nephew Of John D. Rockefeller were present at the hearing today. They have been subpoenaed as witnesses but were not called to testify today.