The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1906-01-12
COURT WILL DECIDE,
WHETHER STANDARD OIL MAG
NATE MUST ANSWER CUES.
TiONS BY HADLEY.
PIERCE MANAGES TO ESCAPE
SUCCESSFULLY .EVADES A SUB.
PoENA SERVER AFTER CHASE
THROUGH AN HOTEL.

New York, Jan. 10.-The question
whether Henry H. Rogers can be COM
PEELED to tell Attorney General Her
bert S. Hadley of Missouri whether
the Standard Oil company of New Jer
sey owns or controls three oil compa
MES which are selling oil in Missouri
as separate companies, will be placed
before the supreme court of New York
state during the day. All the import
ant questions which Mr.. Rogers has
declined to answer by advice of coun-
sci in the past three days of the hear
ing in this city were presented to the
supreme court during the day by coun-
sci acting in behalf of Attorney Gen
eral Hadley and the court was asked
to order Mr. Rogers to show cause
| why he should not answer them. The
court issued the order and it was
served on William V. Rowe, counsel
III Mr.. Rogers.
| The questions are in substance:
Does the Standard Oil Company OF
New Jersey, either through itself or
any other person or corporation, own,
hold or control a majority of the stock
of the Waters-Pierce Oil company of
Missouri, the Standard Oil company OF
Indiana and the Republic Oil COM
| pany of New York;
No matter In what form this has
been put, Mr. Rogers has declined to
answer. The commissioner before
whom the evidence is being taken is
without power to compel an answer
but the supreme court possesses the
authority to order Mr.. Rogers to be
punished for contempt of court If he
declines to answer after being ordered
to do so by the court.
Invitation to Thomas w. Lawson.
An interesting feature of the hearing
during the day was an invitation sent
by Mr.. Hadley to Thomas w. Lawson
of Boston, requesting him to come to
New York and testify if he can give
any information as to the three com
panies Mr.. Hadley is trying to drive
: out of Missouri. When the hearing
adjourned at night Mr.. Lawson's reply
had not been received.
The subpoena server who has been
trying for several days to summon Fl.
Clay Pierce to testify before the corn
: missioner in this case notified Mr.
l HadIey at night that he had been un
able to get Mr.. Pierce, who, he said
= had sailed away on a steam yacht. Mr.
J Pierce is chairman of the board Of di-
rectors of the Waters-Pierce Oil com
pany of Missouri and father of the
president Of that company The sub
poena server said that he had pursued
Mr.. Pierce and his valet through e
suite of rooms in the hotel occupied by
- Mr.. Pierce, but that the oil man hat
+ locked himself in his chamber.
>, John D. Archibold, vice presiden
i and director of the Standard Oil com
. pany, and William G. Rockefeller
l. nephew of John d. Rockefeller, were
S present at the hearing during the day
They have been subpoenaed as wit
nesses but were not called to testify.
At the hearing during the day Mr.
Rogers and other Standard Oil com
pany officials and employees either re
. fused to answer questions or were un
able to furnish the information dc
sired.
Attorney General Hadley said tina
he expected to close the hearing il
one more day if the hearing in cour
does not prevent.